Paris: Antoine-Francois Prevost, 1754. Map. Uncolored engraving. Page measures 9 3/4" x 13" A map of the Empire of Mexico or New Spain, covering the central part of present-day Mexico as far south as Oaxaca and Veracruz. The map appeared in Antoine-Francois Prevost's influential collection of travel narratives, "Histoire Generale des Voyages". Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingenieur de la Marine of the Depot..... More

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 15"x 14.5", image plus text measures 16.5" x 20.5". This map of Mexico combines a detailed topographical and political rendering with information pertaining to history, climate and culture. It was published in 1822, shortly before Austin's arrival in Texas and immediately prior to Mexico's independence from Spain. The index of the map includes cities, rivers, military posts, and mines, and information about exploration and Indian population is..... More

New York: J.H. Colton, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12" x 14 1/2" This beautiful map was issued by J.H. Colton a few years after the Mexican-American War. The map includes Texas, Guatemala and other nearby regions. It features an inset featuring the Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the site of a proposed trans-continental canal similar to the Panama Canal. The canal was never built. Several cities, towns, canals, and topographic details are noted throughout the..... More

Philadelphia: P.S. Duval Lith. 1847. Battle plan. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 12.25 x 19 inches. This battle plan from the Mexican-American War is an uncolored military survey of the Mexican defense lines and the U.S. lines of attack at Cerro Gordo in the Valley of Mexico. The battle of Cerro Gordo was one of the major battles during the Mexican American War. The map notes important roads, troop position, camps, batteries and rivers. Topography is beautifully rendered. After Major General..... More

Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1856. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12.25" x 15". This classic map of Mexico was published shortly after the end of the Mexican-American War. It features an inset of the Valley of Mexico at lower left, and three insets along the top show maps of "Guatemala or Central America", "the Isthmus of Tehuantepec showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean (the proposed trans-continental canal was never built)", and..... More

Weimar: Geographisches Institut, 1866. Map. Steel engraving with original hand color. Sheet measures 22.5" x 27". This is a beautiful map of Mexico and Central America dating to 1866. The map is equipped with many small place names, rivers, lakes, roads, railways, etc. The Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast are included as are parts of southwest and Southeast United States, including Florida. In the lower left corner we find two inset maps. One shows the railway project of..... More

Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Copper engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.75" x 22.5". This striking circa 1720 map by Johann Baptist Homann extends from the Great Lakes southward to include Florida, West Indies, Central America, up to Venezuela, and from New Mexico to the eastern seaboard. Based on the 1703 Delisle map of Mexico and Florida, this map includes information from the explorations of La Salle, Bienville, Le Sueur, d'Iberville, Lederer, and other early travelers. The most..... More

Hartford: F.J. Huntington, 1830. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 11.25" x 8.5". Some light wear at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. A map of North America from the atlas The Malte-Brun School Geography by S. Goodwin Goodrich (Hartford, 1835). Shows Mexico extending from modern-day Texas to Utah and northern California, Alaska as Russian Possessions, and the United States extending north of Vancouver Island. More

London: Laurie and Whittle, 1794. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19" x 24.75". Map of the south eastern portion of Mexico's coast, including the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Beautiful topographic features, major roads and rhumb lines. From Jefferys' "West India Atlas", originally published by Sayer & Bennett in 1775. Full original margins, a few ink stains around plate line. Thomas Jefferys (1710-1771) was one of the most important and prolific mapmakers of his era with particular focus on North..... More

New York: Johnson and Ward, 1863. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12.5" x 15". This beautiful 1863 map was issued by Johnson and Ward. The map includes Texas, Guatemala and other nearby regions. It features an inset featuring the Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the site of a proposed trans-continental canal similar to the Panama Canal. The canal was never built. Several cities, towns, canals, and topographic details are noted throughout the map, including "uninhabited" deserts with..... More

Paris: J. Migeon, 1891. Map. Engraving with original coloring. Image size 12.25 x 16.25 inches. Sheet size 15.25 x 20.25 inches. Shows some light foxing. In very good condition. From M.A. Martineau's Nouvel Atlas Illustre Geographie Universelle. Pictorial inset at top right shows Mexico City, map inset at bottom left shows the isthmus of Panama prior to the canal being built. Good detail in Central America and the Caribbean. More

Philadelphia: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr., 1866. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.25" x 21". Beautiful map of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean published in 1866. Centered on the Gulf of Mexico. Includes four insets: Map of the island of Jamaica, Map of the Island of Cuba, Map of the Bermuda Islands, and Map of the Panama Railroad. This map is in good condition. Minor chips and tears at edges, not affecting the image. Minor creasing near..... More

Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763. Map. Engraving. Image measures 7" x 10 1/4" Beautiful 18th century bird's eye view of Mexico City. From Il Gazzettiere Americano, an expanded Italian version of the "American Gazetteer" published in London in 1762, published by Marco Coltellini in Livorno the following year. More