Williams, Wellington "Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies"

Wellington Williams. "Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies." with insets of Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica & Panama Railroad From A New General Atlas.  

Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell Jr. 1860.  Lithograph.  Original hand color.  22 x 13 1/2.  With decorative border. Very good condition.  Framed with acid free materials. A/A

For most of the middle part of the nineteenth century, the firm founded by S. Augustus Mitchell dominated American cartography in output and influence.  This fine map is from one of his son’s atlases, and it shows Central America in 1860. Towns, rivers, roads and other topographical information are clearly shown, and the neighboring states and nations are shaded with contrasting pastel colors.  A fine decorative border surrounds the map, and the whole effect makes for an attractive mid-nineteenth century map.