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![MAP OF MEXICO, INCLUDING YUCATAN & UPPER CALIFORNIA… [on sheet with:] George Stealey, Civil Engineer, MAP of the PRINCIPAL ROADS from VERA CRUZ and ALVARADO to the CITY of MEXICO… Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1847.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BRM4100-Mitchell-Mexico-1847_lowres-scaled-e1646348439888-150x150.jpg)
Fine example of the Samuel Augustus Mitchell’s impressive 1847 map of Mexico and the Southwest, published to take advantage of public interest in the ongoing war between that country and the United States. The Mexican-American War was catalyzed by the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and an ongoing dispute over whether the new […]
![E[phraim] Gilman, Draftsman, / P. S. Duval’s Lithy. Philada., [Untitled map of the United States.] Washington, D.C., 1848.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BRM4143-Gilman-United-States-1848_lowres-scaled-e1661278654687-150x150.jpg)
A fascinating map of the United States prepared in late 1848 to accompany President James Polk’s final annual message to Congress. The map was drawn on short notice by Ephraim Gilman, at the time the Principal Draftsman of the General Land Office. Gilman’s map depicts the United States as a trans-continental power, a status achieved […]
![W[illiam] H. Emory, 1st Lieut. T[opographical] E[ngineers] / W. J. Stone Sc., MAP OF TEXAS AND THE COUNTRIES ADJACENT Compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers from the best Authorities FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT, Under the direction of Colonel J.J. Abert Chief of the Corps, by W.H. Emory, 1st Lieut. T. E. WAR DEPARTMENT 1844., Washington, D.C., 1844.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BRM5003-Emory-Texas-1844_lowres-150x150.jpg)
Fine example of William H. Emory’s important map of the Republic of Texas and the adjacent regions, published in 1844 at the height of the controversy over annexation. During the Congressional debates on the annexation of Texas, one of the central questions was the location of its boundaries with neighboring states and with Mexico. Colonel […]
Fine example of the groundbreaking 1846 “Third Edition” of Tanner’s map of Mexico, one of the most important American maps of the 19th-century and the most influential general map of the Mexican-American War period. This fascinating map embraces all of what was until 1848 the Republic of Mexico, which included the modern-day nation as well […]
The Fremont-Preuss map of the region west of the Rocky Mountains, widely regarded as the most important and influential map of the American West published in the middle of the19th Century. The Map of Oregon and Upper California is without question one of the most important 19th century maps of the American West. As noted […]
The 1847 Disturnell Treaty Map of Mexico and the American West. A map with a fascinating publishing history and a vital role in one of the most momentous territorial negotiations in American history. Disturnell’s large map depicts Mexico, with wash color by state, as well as much of the United States west of the Mississippi […]
Rare first edition of Distrunell`s map showing the progress of the Mexican-American War, extending from Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande in the north to Mexico City and Puebla. Disturnell`s Map of the Seat of War is probably the most famous of all maps of the Mexican War. It is reputed to have been copied […]