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Samuel Augustus Mitchell: Palestine & Adjacent Countries.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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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artist QS:P170,Q3445785
Title
Palestine & Adjacent Countries.
Description
English: A fine and rare 1836 S. A. Mitchell map depicting Palestine, Israel or the Holy Land. Includes From Gaza North as far as modern day Lebanon. The regions claimed by the various tribes of Israel are noted. In the upper right there is an inset map of the Environs of Jerusalem. Specifically notes cities and towns mentioned in the Bible as well as marks Cities of Refuge, Levitical Cities, and Royal Cities of the Israelites. Ruins are also noted. Dated and copyrighted: “Entered according to the Act o Congress in the year of 1836 by H. S. Tanner in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of The Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Date 1836
date QS:P571,+1836-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 12 in (30.4 cm); width: 15.5 in (39.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,15.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Palestine-tanner-1836
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