Historic Map : Mitchell/Tanner Map of New Jersey, 1849, Vintage Wall Art

This is a wonderful example of Mitchell's 1849 map of New Jersey. This particular map is a highly unusual state of this map. In 1846, Mitchell published two editions of the New Universal Atlas, one edition with the Cary and Hart imprint and borders and another with his own Mitchell imprint and slightly different borders. This issue, though cartographically identical, has borders more common in later Mitchell Atlases. However, the copyright on the map remains the same as the earlier Tanner maps – in this instance 'T. Gordon.' The map itself is based upon Tanner's 1834 reduction of Thomas Gordon's seminal 1828 Map of New Jersey.

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.