Subject: Southern United States, Mexico & Central America
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.3 x 13.6 inches
23.6 x 34.5 cm
This handsome pair of maps covers the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America. It provides a good amount of information along the Gulf coast, including the Mississippi to above its conjunction with the Ohio. There also excellent detail of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest, and of the numerous Indian tribes. The map locates San Diego, Santa Fe, Taos, Acapulco, Cabo St. Lucas and many towns along the Sea of Cortez and Baja Peninsula. Engraved by Andre.
References: Phillips (Atlases) #666, Vol. 2 #115 & 116.
Condition: B+
Bright, watermarked sheets with modern coloring, light offsetting, and light dampstains along the centerfolds and surrounding the coloring.