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Samuel Augustus Mitchell: City of New-York.   (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 Edit this at Wikidata Philadelphia Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3445785
Title
City of New-York.
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English: This hand colored map of New York City is a lithograph engraving, dating to 1848 by the legendary American Mapmaker S.A. Mitchell Sr. Depicts the island of Manhattan from 37th street (Kips Bay) south to Battery Park and Brooklyn from Williamsburg to Columbia St. The whole is shown in magnificent detail with many important buildings, ranging from the Brooklyn Navel Yards to important hotels and churches, are depicted and labeled. One of the most visually appealing maps of New York City to emerge from the workshops of a mid 19th century American cartographer. Map was engraved by N. N. Burroughs and is dated 1848, thought copyrighted to 1846.
Date 1848 (dated)
Dimensions height: 15.7 in (40 cm); width: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,15.75U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,12.5U218593
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Geographicus link: NewYorkCity-mitchell-1848
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Mitchell Sr., S. A.,A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. (1848 issue)

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