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.
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1860 (dated)
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