The World
PrinterPrinted by
Bingham & Kelly
(American, 1857 - 1859)
PublisherPublished by
O. D. Case
(American, 1826 - 1903)
Date1857
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper, lined with linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 27 1/2 x 47 7/8in. (69.9 x 121.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 1/4 x 49 5/8in. (74.3 x 126cm)
Mount (height x width): 29 3/4 x 50in. (75.6 x 127cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 1/4 x 49 5/8in. (74.3 x 126cm)
Mount (height x width): 29 3/4 x 50in. (75.6 x 127cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionMap of the world, divided into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Between the two hemispheres is an illustration of seventeen numbered peaks, arranged in height order, two with smoke coming from their tops. Next to the peaks are a bird and a parachute. In the top left and right corners are insets of spheres showing the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, with the inset on the left also showing the Equator and prime meridian. In the bottom left and right corners are insets showing the world from the south pole (on the left) and the north pole (on the right). The continents are distinguished by color. None of the countries are labeled; instead, they are identified with numbers and letters that correspond with information in the key, published separately from the map. Natural features include elevation, conveyed through hachure marks; deserts, conveyed through clusters of dots; lakes and rivers.
Object number1972.36.55.1
NotesCartographic Note: No scale
Constituent Note: Mitchell's Series of Outline Maps were first issued in 1841 by Mather, Case, Tiffany & Burnham of Hartford, Connecticut and Augustus Mitchell of Philladelphia.. In 1857, the maps were updated and resissued. This time the printing was done by a new lithography firm, Bingham & Kelly and the maps and the accompanying key were published by O.D. Case & Co., both in Hartford.On View
Not on view
