Lot 259: Mexico

This is an attractive representation of the present-day southwestern United States, Texas and Mexico. The "Independent Republic of Texas" is bound by the Nueces River rather than the Rio Grande on its southern border. In "Upr. or New California", there is an American Fur Co. Depot on the eastern shore of "Youta or Gt. Salt L.". In New Mexico, the Great Spanish Road is shown from the Red River on the Texas boundary to Santa Fe, and then heading south through the length of Mexico. A large inset depicts central Mexico, centered on Mexico City and showing the important ports of Acapulco, Vera Cruz and Tampico. See lot 261 for this same map published just two years later with significant changes to the configuration of the "Independent Republic of Texas".

23.6" W x 19" H

1840

Original color with a couple of small spots of foxing in image, light toning along centerfold, and minor offsetting.