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Samuel Augustus Mitchell: County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
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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artist QS:P170,Q3445785
Title
County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Description
English: This hand colored map is a lithographic engraving, dating to 1862 by the legendary American Mapmaker S.A. Mitchell, the younger. It represents the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Shows both political and geographical features. This is a larger and more detailed version of Mitchell’s 1860 issue of the same map. One of the most attractive 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. Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 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)
dimensions QS:P2048,11U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13.5U218593
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Geographicus link: KTTN-m-62
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