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Flawless example of the highly detailed map, with insets of the Gold Region (centered on Cabarus and Montgomery Co) and the Neuse River and New Berne. Shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers, mountains, lakes, creeks, canals, etc. Canals are noted in red and rail lines and proposed rail lines also shown. This is the first state of this long running map, which appears in various formats until the late 1850s. The history of North Carolina and its counties from 1830 to 1860 can be tracked through the various editions of this map, as the plate is re-engraved by Tanner, Mitchell, Cowperthwait, Desilver, etc. Includes a table of distances and profile of the Dismal Swamp Canal. Gorgeous example with wide clean margins. SA Mitchell acquired the rights to Tanner's Universal Atlas in 1846 and issued the first edition of his Universal Atlas the same year. SA Mitchell editions were issued until 1850, when Thomas Cowperthwait & Company took over publication. Mitchell editions are becoming increasingly rare on the market and the separate maps are now increasingly difficult to obtain. A nice example, with red lines showing railroads and black lines for canals.