Upper & Lower Egypt Nile River Nubia Cairo c. 1850 Cowperthwait Mitchell map

Egypt &c.

(Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Nubia, Sudan, Nile River, Red Sea, Cairo, Alexandria).

Issued c. 1850-54, Philadelphia by Coweperthwait for S.A. Mitchell.

Lovely 19th century engraved and lithographed map with original hand color. Mitchell maps of this mid-century era were issued with a range of color as well as variant decorative borders.

Many specific ancient sites, ruins, temples and monuments are identified along the Nile river and in the areas around it. The inset lower left notes how a long section of the river is "very little known".

Nice looking example, clean and fresh, pleasing age patina, any small age spots or minor age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

Sheet Measures c. 12 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W.

Engraved Area Measures c. 10 1/2" H x 13 1/2" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Reps, American Maps and Mapmakers, p. 313.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 4, pp. 260.

[R27089].