The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-26
-mITcnELL,s NATIoNAL mAP.


Mr.. N. D. Mann, ageHtf for the above
map, is about to visit the various town
ships of this county, to solicit subscri-
bers for the same. We have carefully
examined the map, and have no hesita-
tion in pronouncing it the best maj. of
the kind extant.-We have purchased
one for cur W use, and cordially re-
commend it to the notice of school teach
ers and the public generally. That the
map is correct in every respect, We need
only refer to the fact that it is, got up
by Prof. MITCHELL, who has been en-
gagged in getting up maps and charts for
thirty years, and considers this the best
of all his works. We copy the follow
ing complimentary and extspded% notice
of the important features of the map,
from the Philadelphia SIM:
MIrcnELL's New NATIONAL Mar
We acknowledge the receipt, from s..
AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, of this large aud
elegant map, exhibiting the United
| States, the British North American
| Provinces, the Sandwich Islands, Next
CO, Central America, Cuba and other
West India Islands. 1t is on-a more
extensive scale than any previous map,
and is executed on metallic plates in the
very best style of engraving. Tho let
tering il more clear and distinct than on
any United States map extant. It is
most minute in regard to disputed boun-
daries, and shows where important
routes arc proposed to be opened. 1t
POINTS out, distinctly engraved, more
places, with their names, in the south
ern portion of North America, than can
be found in any other general map, aud
is the only large metallic plate map of
the United States, Mexico, and Central
America, with the came extent of terri
tory, that has yet been given to the pub
lie. The railroads are all laid down
with great ~distinctness; it gives a better
illustration of the shoals and banks in
the vicinity of the West India Islands
than has herstofore been effected ex-
cept in charts. 1t embodics information
of the late explorations through our
western territories On a full scale, and
also the route of DR.. KANE and his win
tor quarters, and gives a map of the
Sandwich Islands on a much greater
scale thar in any other publication. 1t
gives us a correct idea of our Union aud
lis immediate surroundings. All the
routes over the Isthmus of Panama and
Tehnantepec. and the projected railroad
from Vera Cruz to Acapulco, across
Mexico, arc laid down, and the disputed
boundaries of the Mosquito territory,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica are defined
with much care. The Central Ameri-
can portion of the map is particularly
valuable, and taken from the most au-
thentic sources. The steamer routes
from New Orleans and New York to
Mexico, Central America and the w est
Indies the different lines projected for
railroads to the Pacific, the Gadsden
boundary line, and all the new terrific
ries Of Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, Wash
ington, Oregon, &c, are laid down with
great precision. The statistical tables,
The distance tables, the census of every
county in the United States, will all be
fnnnd extremely valuableIEnr the past
thirty years, Mr.. MITCHELL has been
extensively engaged in map publishing;
and by introducing this work, rendered
necessary by the rapid advances of our
country's limits and recent geographical
discoveries, he has performed the crown
ing achievement of his business labors.
We commend his National Map to the
public, in the fullest confidence that it
will meet a cordial reception and rapid
sale. 80