A lovely and scarce first printing of Mitchell’s 1846 map of South Carolina from the Antebellum Era. This interesting map shows the entirety of South Carolina as it appeared in 1846 during an era of rising political upheaval, eventually leading to the America Civil War. It was a time when vast and diverse infrastructure projects were being created across the landscape as states continued to deal with burgeoning populations. The 1840s was a period of great growth in South Carolina as its population rose from 595,00 in 1840 to 670,000 in 1850. The title of the map indicates this as numerous roads, railways and canals had been built across the state. By 1846, railways linked Charlestown to the capital Columbia and lines throughout the south by way of Augusta, Georgia. An inset in the lower left shows the city of Charleston, then the second busiest port in the South. A table in the lower right details the distances between several points in the state. Samuel Augustus Mitchell purchased Henry S. Tanner’s atlas publishing business in late 1845 and in early 1846 produced his first atlas, using the Tanner maps but putting on his own name and that of H. N. Burroughs, likely the map’s creator. Later that same year he dropped the Tanner borders (created by Carey & Hart) and substituted a new design, which he kept on all of his subsequent maps. Thus, the Carey & Hart first printing maps are easily identifiable, and have become quite scarce. Very clean map within the frame. Few light fox marks in the margin. Has some light toning to edges, typical of Mitchell maps of this era. 11.25 x 14

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