Subject: Southern United States, Mexico & Central America
Period: 1787 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.3 x 13.6 inches
23.6 x 34.5 cm
This handsome pair of maps covers the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America. It provides a good amount of information along the Gulf coast, including the Mississippi to above its conjunction with the Ohio. There also excellent detail of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest, and of the numerous Indian tribes. The map locates San Diego, Santa Fe, Taos, Acapulco, Cabo St. Lucas, and many towns along the Sea of Cortez and Baja Peninsula. Engraved by Andre.
References: Phillips (Atlases) #666, Vol. 2 #115 & 116.
Condition: B
Both sheets are crisp impressions on watermarked sheets with light offsetting and dampstaining. The eastern sheet has light uneven toning.