Paris: Bellin, 1764. This map places Mexico City in its surrounding landscape. Its primary focus is Lake Texcoco, a natural lake containing a small islet on which the city was originally built, replacing the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. Since the Spanish failed to fix the Aztec dams surrounding the city after seizing it, it became prone to flooding that would eventually bring about the lake's drainage. Compared to present-day Mexico City, which today fills the entirety of the dry basin..... More

Paris: Bellin, 1764. Map. Engraving with hand-coloring. Image measures 8 1/2" x 6". Sheet measures 9 1/4 x 7 1/2". This detailed map shows the Port of Veracruz in Mexico in the middle of the 18th century. Founded in the 1500s by Hernan Cortes, the city became one of the wealthiest cities in New Spain. On this sea chart, however, the city's appearance in the lower left corner makes it secondary to the islands off the coast that are the..... More

Paris: Bellin, 1764. Map. Colored. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". North oriented to the left, depths and soundings noted. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine" (chief engineer of the French Hydrographical Office). More

Paris: Buchon, Jean Alexandre, 1825. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 14.25", image plus text and title measures 18.25" x 25.5". Fantastic double page map of North America. Shows states, towns, waterways and topographical features in great detail. Includes historical and cultural information in French. From the French (1825) edition of Carey and Lea's 1822 "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas". Minor overall wear, slight crease to lower left corner and small tear to..... More

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1823. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 13.25", image plus text measures 16.5" x 20.5". Beautiful double page map of North America. Towns, states, waterways and topographical details shown in immense detail. Extensive information pertaining to history, climate and culture surrounds map. From "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas...". Minor toning along original centerfold. More

London: John Cary, 1811. Double-page map. Engraving with originalnhand coloring. Image measures 18 x 20.25". Sheet measures 21 x 25.25 inches. In very good condition. Some light foxing and damp-staining. Beautiful map of the continent that shows a giant pink swath British Colonies. The United States extends westward only to the Mississippi River. Florida is divided at the Apalachicola River into eastern and western sections. East Florida was claimed by the Spanish and remained under their control until 1812. John..... 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". A lovely map of Mexico published by Thomas Cowperthwait just a few years following the end of the Mexican-American War. It features one inset of the Valley of Mexico (at lower left), 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 the Isthmus or Nigaragua..... More

Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, 1847. Map. Hand colored engraving. Image measures 12 x 16.5". This map of Mexico depicts the area of highlands in the central region of the country. Published circa 1847, it dates to the period of the Mexican-American War, and in particular the Invasion of Vera Cruz, in which Edmund Lafayette Hardcastle, the mapmaker, participated. Hardcastle then prepared the map for the U.S. War Department, Corps of Engineers in the wake of the fall of Mexico City in..... 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

Philadelphia: P.S. Duval Lith. 1850. Battle plan. Page measures 14.5 x 20.75 inches. This is an uncolored military survey outlining the operations of the US Army during the Battle of Molino del Rey. This battle was one of the bloodiest in the entire Mexican-American War, and was between General Antonio Leon and General William J. Worth. The Americans won this battle, but the loss of life was so severe that it might as well have been a defeat (this is..... More