Samuel Augustus Mitchell
Encyclopedia
Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792, Bristol, Connecticut
– December 20, 1868, Philadelphia) was an American
geographer
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Mitchell worked as a teacher before turning to publish geography textbooks and maps. Sales of his 24 works reached an annual sale of over 400,000 copies.
Bristol, Connecticut
Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States southwest of Hartford. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 61,353. Bristol is primarily known as the home of ESPN, whose central studios are in the city. Bristol is also home to...
– December 20, 1868, Philadelphia) was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
geographer
Geographer
A geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
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Mitchell worked as a teacher before turning to publish geography textbooks and maps. Sales of his 24 works reached an annual sale of over 400,000 copies.
Works
- Mitchell's School AtlasMitchell's School AtlasMitchell's School Atlas is a series of textbooks written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and published by H. Cowperthwait & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 19th century....
, 1845—1857 - General View of the World, Physical, Political, and Statistical, 1846
- Travellers' Guide through the United States, 1850