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Description

Rare "Airplane Propellor " border edition of Mitchell's map of California, which appeared in Mitchell's New Atlas of the United States and Territories...Designed to Accompany and Illustrate the Centennial Gazetteer of the United States, published in 1874 by Ziegler and McCurdy.

Attractive map of California, colored by county. Predates a number of Southern California Counties. Inset of San Francisco. Shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, mountains, missions, etc.

Among 19th Century American map collectors, the Ziegler & McCurdy edition is among the most sought after editions of any American published maps after 1870. Issued in a single edition, its distinctive border is its trademark signature. Only the second example we have had between 1992 and 2009.

Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. Biography

Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. inherited the Mitchell Company from his father in 1860. For over thirty years, the company had specialized in the production of school atlases and wall maps of America. They were one of the pioneers on engraving on steel plates. In 1860, Samuel Jr. released the New General Atlas, which had been compiled in house and replaced a previous atlas by Tanner. The elder Mitchell died in 1868 and Samuel Jr. continued the business until the 1890s. At its height, the Mitchell Company employed 250 people and sold 400,000 publications annually.