1890 Map of San Francisco and the State of California AP1385

Original. Measures 15 1/2" x 22". Copyrighted by S Augustus Mitchell Jr., son of the famous geographer Samuel Augustus Mitchell. Samuel Augustus Mitchell and Samuel Augustus Mitchell, Jr. Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792 – 1868) Samuel Mitchell was a school teacher frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of maps of the early 19th century. As a result, in the early 1830’s he began his map publishing business in an attempt to rectify the problem. During the ensuing 20 years, he became the most prominent American map publisher of the era. He obtained full copyright protection on his maps in 1847, many of which were collaborations with well-known engravers J. H. Young, H. S. Tanner and H. N. Burroughs. In 1849, he sought the help of printer Cowperthwait & Company and produced Mitchell’s Universal Atlas and Mitchell’s General Atlas. In the 1850’s, his copyrights were purchased by Desilver and Co. which continued to publish his maps until Mitchell’s son, Samuel Augustus Mitchell