File:1864 Mitchell Map of Brazil, Bolivia and Chili - Geographicus - SouthAmericaSouth-mitchell-1864.jpg

Samuel Augustus Mitchell: Map of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. - Map of Chili. (

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Artist

Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792–1868)
Alternative names	S. Augustus Mitchell; S. Augustus Mitchell, Sr.
Description	American cartographer
Date of birth/death	1792	18 December 1868
Location of birth/death	Bristol	Philadelphia
Authority file	: Q3445785 VIAF: 72637097 ISNI: 0000000083446251 LCCN: n50036750 NLA: 35057283 Open Library: OL160112A WorldCat

Title

Map of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. - Map of Chili.

Description

English: A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.’s 1864 two map sheet depicting parts of South America. The left hand map depicts Chili with an inset of the Island of Juan Fernandez. The right hand maps shows Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay with insets of the Harbor of Bahia and the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century. Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period. Prepared by S. A. Mitchell for inclusion as plate no. 58 in the 1864 issue of Mitchell’s New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Date

1860 (dated)

Dimensions

height: 11 in (27.9 cm); width: 13.5 in (34.2 cm)

Accession number

Geographicus link: SouthAmericaSouth-mitchell-1864

Source/Photographer

Mitchell's New General Atlas, containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in Fifty-three Quarto Maps, forming a series of Eighty-Four Map and Plans, together with Valuable Statistical Tables. (1864 Edition)

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