Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Ornamental Map Of The United States and Mexico, 1846

Author: 
Phelps, Humphrey
Date: 
1846
Short Title: 
Ornamental Map Of The United States and Mexico, 1846
Publisher: 
H. Phelps
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Separate Map
Obj Height cm: 
71
Obj Width cm: 
53
Scale 1: 
12,000,000
Note: 
1st edition, earlier than Wheat, Streeter, P-Maps. Issued during the Mexican War, with patriotic emphasis on U.S. absorption of Mexican Territory, and the recently negotiated boundaries of Oregon. Wonderful graphic depiction of Manifest Destiny. Shows route of the Great Oregon Railroad, with its potential in the far east trade. Major changes in the 1848 edition, by Ensign and Thayer. With full and outline color. Includes Chronological and statistical view of the United States. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
Reference: 
cfWheat Gold 36;cf Streeter 3866-71-72-92.
Country: 
Mexico
Country: 
United States
Event: 
Mexican U.S. War
Full Title: 
Ornamental Map Of The United States & Mexico. 1846. Phelps' Ornamental Map Of The United States And Mexico. Entered ... 1846, by Humphrey Phelps ... New York. Published by H. Phelps No. 144 Fulton Street, near Broadway, New York. Barritt, Sc.
List No: 
2439.000
Series No: 
1
Publication Author: 
Phelps, Humphrey
Pub Date: 
1846
Pub Title: 
Ornamental Map Of The United States & Mexico. 1846. Phelps' Ornamental Map Of The United States And Mexico. Entered ... 1846, by Humphrey Phelps ... New York. Published by H. Phelps No. 144 Fulton Street, near Broadway, New York. Barritt, Sc.
Pub Reference: 
cfWheat Gold 36;cf Streeter 3866-71-72-92.
Pub Note: 
1st edition, earlier than Wheat, Streeter, P-Maps. Issued during the Mexican War, with patriotic emphasis on U.S. absorption of Mexican Territory, and the recently negotiated boundaries of Oregon. Wonderful graphic depiction of Manifest Destiny. Shows route of the Great Oregon Railroad, with its potential in the far east trade. Major changes in the 1848 edition, by Ensign and Thayer. With full and outline color.
Pub List No: 
2439.000
Pub Type: 
Separate Map
Pub Height cm: 
71
Pub Width cm: 
53
Image No: 
2439000
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Authors: 
Phelps, Humphrey