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Samuel Augustus Mitchell: Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q3445785 |
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Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan. |
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English: A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.’s 1866 map of Turkey, Persia, Beloochistan and Afghanistan. Covers the modern day nations of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Afghanistan. Inset in the lower left quadrant features Palestine or the Holy Land. One of the more attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century. Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-66 period. Prepared by S. A. Mitchell Jr. for inclusion as plate 78 in the 1866 issue of Mitchell’s New General Atlas . 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. |
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Date | 1860 (dated) | |||||||||||||||||||
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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: PersiaAfghanistan-mitchell-1866 |
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Mitchell Jr., S. A., Mitchell's New General Atlas, containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in Fifty-five Quarto Maps, forming a series of Eighty-Seven Maps and Plans, together with Valuable Statistical Tables. 1866 Edition.
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current | 07:36, 25 March 2011 | 3,500 × 2,800 (3.18 MB) | BotMultichillT (talk | contribs) | {{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/PersiaAfghanistan-mitchell-1866 |product_name=1866 Mitchell Map of Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan (Iran, Iraq) |map_title=Map of Persia, Turkey in Asia, Afghanistan, Beloo |
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