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Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Williams, W. (Wellington)

Date: 1870

Short Title: World hemispheres.

Publisher: Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell, Jr.; Chicago: R.A. Campbell

Type: Atlas Map

Obj Height cm: 29

Obj Width cm: 35

Scale 1: 140,000,000

Note: Hand colored double hemisphere map. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: The World on a polar projection -- North Polar Region -- Land and water hemispheres. Includes chart showing lengths of rivers.

World Area: World

Subject: Rivers

Full Title: The World in hemispheres. With other projections &c. &c. Constructed and engraved by W. Williams, Philadelphia. Entered ... 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania. (1870)

List No: 2483.001

Page No: 1

Series No: 4

Publication Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Campbell, R.A.; Walling, H.F.

Pub Date: 1870

Pub Title: Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc., embraced in sixty-three quarto maps, forming a series of one hundred maps and plans, together with valuable statistical tables. Philadelphia: published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., No. 31 South Sixth Street. 1870. Entered ... 1870, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania. (with) Campbell's new atlas of the state of Illinois ... Maps drawn by R.A. Campbell, C.E., and Prof. H.F. Walling ... Chicago: R.A. Campbell, 131 South Clark Street. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. 1870. Entered ... 1870 by R.A. Campbell ... Illinois.

Pub Reference: Newberry Library, A3417. cfP1511, P859.

Pub Note: "Combined World & Illinois atlases (2 v. in 1); Walling appears as a partner. Full hand color. Bound in half leather brown cloth covered boards stamped in gilt with ""Mitchell's New General Atlas"" and below that a seal reading ""Campbell's New Illinois - Mitchell's New General - Combined Atlas."""

Pub List No: 2483.000

Pub Type: World Atlas ; State Atlas

Pub Maps: 88

Pub Height cm: 40

Pub Width cm: 33

Image No: 2483001

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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