7971 x 6352 px | 67,5 x 53,8 cm | 26,6 x 21,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1817
Lieu:
Mexico
Informations supplémentaires:
Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Drawn & engraved for John Thomson's "New General Atlas". Provenance: "A new general atlas", consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin [Thomson's New General Atlas]. Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring. A large map of Texas, Mexico and the American Southwest, published in Edinburgh by John Thompson, based on the explorations of Humboldt and Long. There are extensive observations of Native American Indian settlements, particularly along the Mississippi, in the Missouri river basin, and along the Colorado river. There is also much detail along the Rio Grande river in the southern Rockies aronund Santa Fe. One of the most detailed early 19th century maps of the region.
