North America
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 1/4 x 23in. (69.2 x 58.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 29 3/8 x 24 3/4in. (74.6 x 62.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 29 3/4 x 25 1/8in. (75.6 x 63.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1972.36.55.2
DescriptionMap of North America. The countries are delineated with broken solid and dotted lines and instead of being labeled, 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, lakes and rivers.
Label TextIn 1841, when Mitchell's first series of Outline Maps were issued for teaching geography to schoolchildren, Mexico still ruled vast areas of the American West, Texas was an independent republic, and the United States was largely confined to the eastern part of the continent, with only a handful of states and territories west of the Mississippi. Only sixteen years later, on this 1857 map, the United States is shown as a solid block of pink, stretching from sea to sea.
NotesCartographic Note: About 1/2 inch equals 100 milesConstituent 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.
Status
Not on view
