Map 6: A New Map of Georgia with its Roads & Distances, 1847
Item
Collection number: Map 6
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Scope and Contents
1 map : color ; 45 x 37 cm Publisher : Philadelphia : Mitchell, S, Augustus 1792-1868 Engraver : Burroghs, H.N. Scale : 1: 1,700,000 Page 20 in a New World Atlas. Shows steamboat routes in a chart at the bottom. This atlas was the first in America to be published by lithiographic map plates instead of engraved map plates.Lower printing costs allowed for a greater productions and distribution.
Dates
- Created: 1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Stuart, Oliver J. (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis, Samuel (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Bellin, Jaques Nicolas, 1703-1772 (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928 (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Jeffreys, Thomas, -1771 (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Ruscell, Girolamo, -approximately 1565 (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Sanuto, Gulio, 1520-1576 (Cartographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Sanuto, Livio, 1520-1576 (Cartographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13.00 items
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)
archives@valdosta.edu
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)
archives@valdosta.edu