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SALAZAR YLARREGUI, José. Datos de los Trabajos Astronomicos y Topograficos por la Comision de Limites Mexicana. Mexico: Juan R. Navarro, 1850.
8o (228 x 158 mm). Two folding lithographed maps. (Some occasional foxing.) Contemporary calf-backed decorated boards (some rubbing). Provenance: Domingo Torres (contemporary inkstamp on front flyleaf); Salvator Mota Velasco, Engineer (inkstamps on endleaves, titles, some text leaves and rectos and versos of maps).
FIRST EDITION. Salazar was a member of the Mexican delegation of the commission appointed to establish the international boundary from the Pacific Ocean to the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers, following the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Salazar's diary of the expedition contains the first accurate description and maps of the area between San Diego and the Colorado River. In the preface, he complains about the lack of adequate instruments and sufficient personnel; the Americans were much better equipped. Barrett 2191; Graff 3652; Howes S-47; Palau 286944; Sabin 75598; Wagner-Camp-Becker 190; Wheat, Transmississippi West III, p. 214-15 ("This work (Wagner-Camp 190) was the first published report by either nation concerning the labors of the Boundary Commission.")
8o (228 x 158 mm). Two folding lithographed maps. (Some occasional foxing.) Contemporary calf-backed decorated boards (some rubbing). Provenance: Domingo Torres (contemporary inkstamp on front flyleaf); Salvator Mota Velasco, Engineer (inkstamps on endleaves, titles, some text leaves and rectos and versos of maps).
FIRST EDITION. Salazar was a member of the Mexican delegation of the commission appointed to establish the international boundary from the Pacific Ocean to the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers, following the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Salazar's diary of the expedition contains the first accurate description and maps of the area between San Diego and the Colorado River. In the preface, he complains about the lack of adequate instruments and sufficient personnel; the Americans were much better equipped. Barrett 2191; Graff 3652; Howes S-47; Palau 286944; Sabin 75598; Wagner-Camp-Becker 190; Wheat, Transmississippi West III, p. 214-15 ("This work (Wagner-Camp 190) was the first published report by either nation concerning the labors of the Boundary Commission.")