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L. Hebert. "Spanish Dominions In North America Northern Part." From Pinkerton's Modern Atlas. London: Cadell & Davies, 1811. 20 x 27 3/4. Engraving by Neele. Original outline color. Very good condition.
A graphic, large-scale map of New Spain from about the 22nd parallel in the south to the Great Salt Lake in the north, and including the Louisiana Territory shown to just south of the Missouri River. The rendering is based on Humboldt's map of the region (cf. above), though it is narrower in focus. The topography is shown with striking hachuring, emphasizing the mountains up the Rio Grande Valley to well past Santa Fe. The Louisiana Territory section documents the extensive network of rivers in this region. Detail is excellent with many lakes, rivers and numerous towns shown throughout, with the borders depicted for the Spanish intendancies. Further data provided is indicated in the key to symbols that lists "Provincial Council of the Mines," mines, farms, military posts, and "Station of Muleteers." $1,800
Mathew Carey. "Mexico or New Spain." Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. 17 5/8 x 15 5/8. Engraving. Original outline color. Very good condition.
An intriguing American map of Mexico. Published by Mathew Carey in 1814, during the War of 1812, this map is from Carey's Atlas which represented the best American cartographic work of the period. Mexico, or "New Spain" as such included not only present-day Mexico, but El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, all subject to the Spanish Crown. The northern boundary as shown here extended well north of Santa Fe, while the eastern border is located at the Sabine River-a boundary which was to moved west by the treaty accords following the 1819 War between Spain and the United States. By 1820 the provincial government under Augustin de Iturbide had revolted against the new liberal monarchy for fear of modernization. This was the beginning of a 60-year period defined by one internal rival struggling against the other that would end only with the second election of Porfirio Diaz in 1884. The southern end of the nation similarly reacted in their own, local interests forming the Central American nations of modern times. $850
"Missouri." Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1822. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 (map); 16 1/4 x 20 3/4 (full sheet). Engraving by Young & Delleker. Full, original hand coloring. Very good condition.
In 1822, Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. This volume was based on Emmanuel Las Cases' Atlas Historique of 1803, with updated maps and text modified by Carey, a political economist. The sheets from this atlas, which cover North America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and so forth of the area depicted. The atlas is particularly known for its excellent early maps of the states and territories of the United States. This map is a fine example of the first map of Missouri as a state, probably derived from U.S. Government surveys conducted by Stephen H. Long's important expedition of 1819-20. No credit for this source appears on the map, but Carey & Lea were presently publishing Edwin James' official Report of that expedition, so they used the information in their own atlas published one year earlier. Missouri is shown in a very early stage of development, with few towns and no roads. Rivers and topography are illustrated and the political divisions are hand colored with bright washes. Carey surrounded his maps with text in a format that copied Lavoisne's French atlases, and his descriptions of the region were optimistic and promotional. Note the "List of Governors," designed for future editions, which has only one name. $750
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Philippe Vander Maelen. "Iles Sandwich." [Hawaii.]. From Atlas Universel. Brussels: P. Vander Maelen, 1827. 18 x 19. Lithograph by H. Ode. Original outline hand coloring. Very good condition.
A finely executed and very detailed map from Vander Maelen's monumental atlas of 1827, the Atlas Universel. This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produced, anticipating the International Map of the World and being the first atlas to show the entire land mass of the world on a uniform scale. The entire atlas consisted of 400 maps drawn on a scale of ca. 1:1.6 million, with as precise and accurate information as was then available. This atlas was also the first to be made totally with lithography, each map precisely drawn by H. Ode. This map shows the Sandwich Islands based on very good marine surveys. A box in the lower left corner contains extensive text, in French, about the islands. $550
P. Vander Maelen. [Texas] Sheets 48, 54-55, 59-60 from Vander Maelen's Atlas Universel. Brussels: P. Vander Maelen, 1827. Five sheets, each ca. 18 1/2 x 22 1/2. Lithographs by H. Ode. Original outline coloring. Very good condition, though a few spots on one map.
A set of maps from Vander Maelen's atlas encompassing all of present-day Texas. $2,900
David H. Burr. "The United States of Mexico." From Universal Atlas. New York: D.H. Burr, Feb. 16, 1832. 12 1/2 x 10 1/4. Engraving by Illman & Pilbrow. Full original color. Some paper waviness. Otherwise, very good condition.
Another fine map by David H. Burr, this the southwestern part of North America, along with Central America. This map shows Mexico three years before Texas broke off and just over a decade before it lost its entire northern section, becoming today's American southwest. Stephen F. Austin had received a grant to settle in Texas in 1823 and more and more Americans moved into the area until in 1830 the Mexican government forbad further emigration into Texas from the U.S. Relations between the Americans in Texas and Mexico deteriorated and in June 1832, just after this map was issued, the first fighting broke out at the Battle of Velasco. This map shows early settlements in Texas, including San Felippe de Austin, S. Antonio, la Trinity, Ft. del Altar, Espada, Lagunilla, Matagordia, Brazoria, and Nacadoches. The information in the inset map of South America ("Guatemala or the United Provinces of Central America") is also very good. $850
John Dower. "Mexico and Guatimala." From A New General Atlas of the World. London: Henry Teesdale & Co., 1835. 13 1/4 x 16 3/8. Engraving by J. Dower. Original outline color. Excellent condition.
A fine British map showing Mexico the year before Texas broke away and a decade before it lost "Upper or New California" as well. The map shows the typical superb craftsmanship of the British mapmakers, with clearly engraved, copious detail throughout Mexico. Only a few rivers and mountains are indicated in what was then the United States. In the current southwestern part of the United States, then part of Mexico, the information is quite good, showing rivers, Indian tribes, and some settlements. Of note is the geographic error of a double representation of the Great Salt Lake, as well as equally non-existent rivers running from these lakes to the Pacific. A nice picture of the geographic knowledge and mistakes of the period. $575
John Dower. "Mexico and Guatimala." From A New General Atlas of the World. London: Henry Teesdale & Co., 1842. 13 3/8 x 16 3/8. Engraving by J. Dower. Original outline color. Very good condition.
An unusual map showing Mexico and Texas as an independent republic. In 1821, when Mexico achieved independence from Spain, the northern regions of Texas, New Mexico and California were sparsely populated with Native Americans and a few scattered settlements of European descendants. In 1823, Mexico, in hopes of strengthening her position in the north, let Stephen F. Austin set up a colony of Americans in Texas. Tensions between the Mexican government and the American colonists began to escalate in the 1830s, leading to an outbreak of fighting in late 1835 after Santa Anna overthrew the Mexican constitution and set up a dictatorship. A convention of Texans met at San Felipe de Austin from October to November, issuing a Declaration of Causes and forming a provisional government. Fighting between the Mexicans and Texans began in October and lasted until the spring of 1836, with the result that Texas became an independent republic. Mexico never formally accepted Texas' independence, but an informal truce held until 1845, though there were some incidents of conflict. This map shows Texas as independent, including a note which states "The Province of TEXAS acknowledged an Independent State by Grt. Brtain, Novr. 1840." Detail of Texas, Mexico, and the rest of Central America is excellent, with mountains, rivers, lakes, towns, and some forts noted throughout. Also indicated, as noted under the title, are mines, an important economic factor in the region. Each province and country is indicated with contrasting pastel shades, with the British possessions noted in red. Historically of considerable note and quite attractive as well, this is a wonderful document of Texiana interest. $1,250
Carl Radefeld. "Neueste Karte von Mexico Nach den besten Quellen entw. u. gezeiehn vom Hauptm. Radefeld. 1845" Hildburghhausen: J.Meyer, 1845. 11 1/2 x 14 1/4. Engraving. Original outline color. With mottling to paper and water stains, especially in margins. Otherwise, good condition.
This map was drawn by Carl Radefeld and was issued in J. Meyer's Grosser Zeitungs Atlas. Most of the maps from this atlas are based on Henry Tanner, but not this map, which shows more detail than Tanner-some correct and some not. Texas, shown as an independent republic, has a heart shape, with the present-day panhandle being depicted as part of the Mexican province of New Mexico. Detail in Mexico is dense and quite accurate. Overall, an interesting and attractive map. $575
"Mexico & Guatimala With Texas." Glasgow: J. Lothian, 1846. Engraving. Original outline color. External decorative border trimmed, but entire map present. Very good condition.
A rare Scottish map of the southern half of North America, showing Texas as an independent republic. There was an earlier version of this map without reference to Texas in the title and which showed it as part of Mexico, despite its independence declared in 1836. It always took a while for information to reach across the Atlantic and European publishers were sometimes reluctant to make quick revisions. In 1846, Lothian issued a new edition of the map showing an independent Texas very clearly, with its enlarged border extending to the Rio Grande. Interestingly, however, by the time the map was published, Texas had become an American state, so Lothian was out-of-date once again. Still, this is one of the scarcer maps showing Texas as an Republic. $750
Henry S. Tanner. "Mexico & Guatemala." Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1846. 12 3/4 x 14 3/4. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Original color. Some typical paper toning. Very good condition. Wheat: 519.
An excellent map of Mexico by the great American cartographer, Henry Schenck Tanner. The map shows Mexico at the beginning of the Mexican-American War, during which the country lost its northern provinces to the United States. In that region, the detail in New Mexico, along the Rio Grande to north of Santa Fe, is quite accurate, but the information in Upper California is not so correct. Texas is shown as part of the United States, having just been annexed the year before this map was issued. This map came from the final edition of Tanner's atlas before Mitchell, the publisher, made the atlas his own. $475
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