Eastern & Western Hemispheres 1881 Mitchell 2 sheet map June 2019 (Massachusetts)

(Massachusetts)

Issued 1880's

Various scattered stains and edge chipping which lends the item a very particular and unique age patina

Illustrated with four full page color plates plus the cover

Issued mostly mid-19th century

Eastern & Western Hemispheres 1881 Mitchell 2 sheet map June 2019 (Massachusetts)Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere. (Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, World Maps, Decorative Maps, Comparative Mountain Heights, River Lengths). Issued 1881, Philadelphia by S. A. Mitchell. Fine 19th century engraved (lithographed) map, with original hand color. Mitchell maps of this mid century era were issued with a range of variant decorative borders. Across the oceans are shown the tracks of Capt. l Cook's voyages. A comparison of mountain heights