Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1790,

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– December 20, 1868,

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) was an American

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Mitchell A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California 1846 UTA

He was born in

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. Mitchell worked as a teacher before turning to publishing geography textbooks and maps. He became involved in

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after teaching and realizing that there were so many poor quality geographical resources available to teachers. He moved to

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in either 1829 or 1830. He was in Philadelphia when he founded his company. His son, S. Augustus Mitchell, became owner in 1860. Their publications covered all genres of geography: maps,

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s, textbooks, and more. Sales of his 24 works reached an annual volume of over 400,000 copies.Drake, F. S., ''Dictionary of American biography'', 1870

Works

*'' Mitchell's School Atlas, 1845—1857 *''General View of the World, Physical, Political, and Statistical'', 1846 *''Travellers' Guide through the United States'', 1850

References

External links

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Mitchell's Ancient Atlas
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1790 births 1868 deaths American geographers People from Bristol, Connecticut Scientists from Philadelphia {{geographer-stub