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Map of Mexico : including Yucatan & Upper California, exhibiting the chief cities and towns, the principal travelling routes &c.
Title
Map of Mexico : including Yucatan & Upper California, exhibiting the chief cities and towns, the principal travelling routes &c.
Published
Philadelphia : S. Augustus Mitchell, 1847.
Physical Description
1 map : hand col. ; 43 x 63 cm., folded in cover 14 x 9 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000] (W 125⁰--W 86⁰/N 42⁰--N 15⁰).
Local Notes
BEIN Covers 88 1847A Copy 1: Imperfect: torn along folds, with no loss of text. Presentation inscription to Yale College Library from Rev. S.C. Bruce, 1869.
BEIN Covers 88 1847A Copy 2: Stamp on verso: Maine Historical Society. Autograph on inside front cover: S. Longfellow.
BEIN Covers 88 1847A Copy 3: Autograph on verso: S. Blanchard Chase. Bookplate of Frederick William and Carrie Sperry Beinecke. Covers measure 15 x 10 cm.
Notes
Shows locations of some battlefields in U.S. War with Mexico.
"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1846 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Includes text and inset of "The late battlefield [Monterey, Mexico]" (scale [ca. 1:30,000]).
Variant and related titles
Cover title: Mexico
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Maps.
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