Subject: Southwestern United States & Mexico
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.3 x 13.7 inches
23.6 x 34.8 cm
This handsome map covers the region of present-day southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. There is excellent detail, particularly 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. Includes six distance scales at lower right. Engraved by Andre.
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Condition: A
A crisp impression on watermarked paper with minor foxing and toning.