Mitchell, S. Augustus “County Map of Georgia, and Alabama” 1860

S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr.  "County Map of Georgia, and Alabama."

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. 1860. 10 3/4 x 13 1/4. Lithograph. Original hand coloring.  Decorative floral border. Very good condition. 

For most of the middle part of the nineteenth century, the firm founded by S. Augustus Mitchell, Sr. dominated American cartography in output and influence. This fine map is from one of his son's atlases, and it shows Alabama and Georgia in the mid-1860s, shortly after the Civil War. Towns, rivers, roads and other topographical information are clearly shown, and the counties are shaded with contrasting pastel colors. A fine decorative border surrounds the map, and the whole effect makes for an attractive and historically interesting mid-nineteenth century map.