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Samuel Augustus Mitchell: County Map of California.   (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
County Map of California.
Description
English: This beautiful hand colored map is a lithographic engraving of the states of California and Utah dating to 1860. Map divides the state into counties with notations on both political and geographical features. An inset map entitled “Map of the Settlements in the Great Salt Lake Country, Utah” is indication of the development of the area by Mormon migrants. Another smaller inset depicts San Francisco Bay and Vicinity. This is a first edition of the series of California map produced by Mitchell Jr. starting in 1860. It is distinguished from later editions by being much brighter and more beautifully rendered. Produced by the legendary American map publisher S. A. Mitchell Jr. Dated and copyrighted “1860 by S. Agustus Mitchell Jr.”.
Date 1860
date QS:P571,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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: CA-m-1860
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