This wall map is a beautiful second edition example of Mitchell's "New" map of the United States. The map shows the entire U.S. with some early and fascinating territorial borders in the West. Washington and Oregon meet Nebraska Territory at the Continental Divide. Along the Canadian boundary, Nebraska Territory continues eastward to the Missouri River and a large unnamed Dakota region that shows "Buffalo Region" in the north. The huge territory of Utah encompasses all of Nevada and most of Colorado. New Mexico Territory includes all of Arizona, the southern tip of Nevada and a small portion of Colorado. Finally, a large Kansas Territory shares its western border with Utah. Large inset maps depict the Sandwich Islands, the world on Mercator's Projection, and the world in hemispheres. Several finely engraved vignettes illustrate the "Clipper Ship Flying Cloud" and an "American Steamship Crossing the Atlantic." The map is very detailed with hundreds of place names, plus roads, villages, railroads, ports, etc. A huge table along the bottom gives the 1850 population for many U.S. cities; a small table gives the population of numerous Canadian cities from the 1851 census. The map is surrounded by a wide and highly decorative border. Rollers are present and attached.

References: Wheat (TMW) #896; Rumsey #2292.

Condition: C+

The map is mostly good with some yellowing of the varnish as is common with wall maps. There are a couple of small holes at upper left and a few long horizontal creases at top with some resulting separations and numerous chips with small loss of image. These areas have been partially reinforced on verso with mounting tape. There are areas of dampstaining at upper left, left border, a portion of the Gulf of Mexico, and the title. Rollers are present and attached.