Historic Map : Mitchell Map of Russia in Asia, 1849, Vintage Wall Art

This is an extremely attractive example of S. A. Mitchell Sr.'s 1849 map of Russia in Asia. extends from the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea eastward as far as Siberia, Kamtschatka and Japan. extends south to include Korea, Mongolia, and much of northern China. An inset map in the lower left quadrant details the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, or as it is generally known, the Caucuses. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure.

The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Mitchell published this chart in his atlas from 1846 to the late 1850s before discontinuing the series and selling his map plates to DeSilver. This map was issued in the 1849 edition of the New Universal Atlas. It was the last edition of that atlas to be published by Mitchell prior to selling the plates and rights to the atlas to Thomas Cowperthwait in 1850.