Price: $595.00
SKU: 47138
PUBLISHER: Published by Carey & Lea, Philadelphia.
MEDIUM: Handcolored copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1823.
EDITION SIZE: 16 1/2 x 20 1/2" (420 x 518 mm) including text, plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine map from Carey and Lea's "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas,…". Published in Philadelphia. The text describes the boundaries, general topography, mountains, rivers, seacoast and ports, climate, and population. This map shows Mexico, including today's Texas, based upon "Humboldt's Map & other Documents." This refers to Alexander von Humboldt's 1811 "Map of New Spain, a seminal document in the history of the mapping of Mexico. Engraved by Young & Delleker.
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CONDITION: Good condition with original color save repaired lower centerfold.
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