Catalog Archive
Auction 165, Lot 263
Print View

"A New Map of Mississippi with Its Roads & Distances", Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Subject: Mississippi

Period: 1850 (dated)

Publication: A New Universal Atlas...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.6 x 14 inches
29.5 x 35.6 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

An attractive 19th century map of pre-Civil War Mississippi with good detail of the numerous towns and villages, roads, and rivers. Two railroads are identified in red and connect Jackson and Port Gibson to the Mississippi River. Distances are noted between cities along main roads. A table at left gives the steamboat routes between Natchez and New Orleans, and Natchez to Pittsburg. The map is surrounded by a decorative, scroll border.

References:

Condition: A

Original color with light toning confined to the sheet edges.

Estimate: $90 - $120

Unsold

Closed on 11/15/2017

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap