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Auction 128, Lot 402

"Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America und Mexico", Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz

Subject: United States, Texas & Mexico

Period: 1850 (dated)

Publication: Meyer's Zeitungs Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10 x 7.5 inches
25.4 x 19.1 cm
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Very attractive, highly detailed map with unusual configurations of the western territories of the United States. Texas is in its early "stovepipe" configuration with an elongated panhandle that extends northward, nearly to 40°. In Texas the French Franz Col. colony and the German Mainzer Verein colony are highlighted in text and separate hand coloring. A very large territory of Deseret encompasses most of the Southwest, while California only extends south to Yerba Buena. New Mexico Territory is a small area squished between Texas and the Continental Divide. It includes Santa Fe and Taos. The large Indian Territory encompasses today's Oklahoma, Kansas, and part of Nebraska. An uncommon map that is very finely engraved in the German style.

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Condition: A

A near fine example with just a couple very light foxing spots. Fine original hand coloring, precise engraved line and original margins.

Estimate: $130 - $160

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Closed on 5/20/2009

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