File:1874 Mitchell Map of Florida w- Mobile, Alabama inset - Geographicus - FL-m-1874.jpg

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Samuel Augustus Mitchell: County Map of Florida.   (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 Florida.
Description
English: This hand colored antique map of Florida is a lithographic engraving dating to 1874 by the important American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell, the younger. Map features a large inset of Mobile Alabama, indicating streets and important buildings. Florida itself is shown in considerable detail with interesting references such as “Indian Hunting Grounds” and “Mangrove Woods”. Prepared for inclusion in the 1874 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year of 1874 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Date 1874
date QS:P571,+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 12 in (30.4 cm); width: 14 in (35.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,14U218593
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Geographicus link: FL-m-1874
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