AN ENGRAVED AND COLOURED ORNAMENTAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

PUBLISHED BY ENSIGNS AND THAYER, NEW YORK, 1848

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AN ENGRAVED AND COLOURED ORNAMENTAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
PUBLISHED BY ENSIGNS AND THAYER, NEW YORK, 1848
With the portraits of General Taylor and General Scott above a vignette of the 'Panoramic View of the NEW YORK to the PACIFIC OCEAN by the Contemplated OREGON RAILROAD', the map flanked by state statistics and captions with further vignettes of the 'THE GREAT TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE SUN', 'AN AMERICAN EXHIBITING TO THE SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE THE PROGRESS OF HIS COUNTRY' and 'THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMAS', later mounted in a giltwood frame
35 ½ x 27 1/8 in. (90 x 69 cm.) overall, including frame

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Lot Essay

The map was issued several times from 1846-51 reflecting border changes during and after the Mexican-American War. This particular example illustrates the table of distances in Mexico in the lower left hand corner of the map.

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