Neueste Karte von Mexico Nach den besten Quellen entw. und gezeichn. von Hauptm. Radefeld. 1845.

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Steel engraving, hand colored in outline when published. A highly detailed map showing Mexico and Texas in 1845. The interesting antique map is equipped with many details as place names, engraved rivers, lakes and mountains. The map extends from Guatemala towards north of San Francisco. At the left side is a small engraved table with a listing of the various states and their political belongings. New Mexico with Santa Fe, Upper and Lower California is belonging to the Union. This map was published in the so-called ,Zeitungsatlas', which is famous because of the great details of the various US maps, which were included in this atlas. Most of these maps were based on the cartographic information by Tanner and were updated with German geographic sources.