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Persia, Arabia & C.
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English: A fine example of S. A. Mitchell Sr.'s important c. 1850 map of Arabia, Persia, and Afghanistan.
  • Covers the region from the Mediterranean and Red Sea eastward as far as India, including all of modern day Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Pakistan.
  • Mitchell offers a wealth of detail throughout, identifying mountains, deserts, rivers, springs, caravan routes, cities, towns, forts, and an assortment of additional political and topographical elements. Map is hand colored in pink, green, yellow and blue pastels to define national and regional boundaries.
  • Cartographically this is an enlarged, updated, and revised version of a similar map first issued by Tanner in 1836. Dated and copyrighted: “1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait & co. in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.” Published by S. A. Mitchell for inclusion as plate no. 68 in the c.
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Mitchell Sr., S. A.,A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. (1850 issue)

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Samuel Augustus Mitchell  (1792–1868)  wikidata:Q3445785
 
Alternative names
S. Augustus Mitchell; S. Augustus Mitchell, Sr.
Description American cartographer
Date of birth/death 1792 18 December 1868 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol Philadelphia
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Geographicus link: Arabia-mitchell-1850
Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 15.5 in (39.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,15.5U218593
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