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Auction 206, Lot 303

"A New & Accurate Map of Mexico or New Spain Together with California New Mexico &c. Drawn from the Best Modern Maps & Charts & Regulated by Astronl. Observns", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Southern United States, Mexico & Central America

Period: 1747 (published)

Publication: A Complete System of Geography

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.7 x 13.9 inches
42.4 x 35.3 cm
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This nicely engraved map covers the region from California to South Carolina, as well as all of Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and Jamaica. A descriptive legend in southern California gives credit to Father Kino for discovering that California is a peninsula rather than an island. There are a number of settlements along the Rio Grande as well as Cenis Fort and several settlements in Texas. Inset at the lower left features a great little map of the Galapagos Islands, including some interesting notes on their discovery in 1684 and the origin of the name. The title cartouche features a vignette of a man subduing a pair of natives.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geog. Books) #17-27 (Vol II); Shirley (BL Atlases) T.BOW-2a #57; Wheat (TMW) #126.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with a Lubbert van Gerrevink watermark. There is light offsetting, a printer's crease at top, and a short centerfold separation in the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/12/2025

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