"Map of the United States [in] A Moral and Political Sketch of the United States of North America",

This uncommon map shows the United States following the Missouri Compromise with both the state and territory of Missouri depicted. It shows the United States in control of present-day British Columbia with the "Boundary between the United States & Russia settled by Convention April 5th...1824." The boundary with Mexico is per the Treaty of 1819 and includes Texas (unnamed). Missouri Territory encompasses the entire Great Plains from Texas to Canada and from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Other territories include Michigan, North West and Arkansas, the capital of which is Little Rock or Arkopolis. The map presents a particularly good view of the rivers and Indian nations in the West. Lithographed and printed by J. Netherclift. The map is still bound into the front of Achille Murat's A Moral and Political Sketch of the United States of North America, published by Effingham Wilson in London. Howes states that Murat's book "praises American institutions - even slavery - but is critical of the wide-spread [sic] religious hypocrisy." 12mo., 402 pages. Hardbound in quarter calf with tips over marbled boards.

References: Howes #M-899.

Condition: B

The folding map has light toning, faint offsetting, and several small fold separations that have been closed on verso with archival tissue. Text has light scattered foxing and the front endpaper is loose. Front cover and spine have detached from text block, and the covers are worn.