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Auction 163, Lot 34
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"North America", Morse & Breese

Subject: North America, Texas

Period: 1842 (circa)

Publication: Morse's North American Atlas...

Color: Printed Color

Size:
12.4 x 14.9 inches
31.5 x 37.8 cm
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This early cerographic map was published in Morse'e North American Atlas. It depicts an independent Republic of Texas in its stovepipe configuration, as well as a large Iowa Territory that extends north to the Canadian border. Indian Territory occupies the land north of Texas, and Oregon includes present-day Washington. Remnants of two spurious rivers still appear in the Great Basin.

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Condition: B

There is scattered foxing, a number of pencil notations in the image, and a dampstain in the lower right blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/14/2017

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