Original Antique Map of the Western Part of NEW MEXICO & CALIFORNIA

Name: Original Antique Map of the Western Part of NEW MEXICO & CALIFORNIA
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13557
Price: 1455 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1765
Kind: Maps
Size: 32.5 × 34.8 cm (12.8 × 13.7 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with some folds from the original work it was taken from. Please check the print carefully.
Places: Mexico, California, New Mexico
Reference: BG-13557

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

California and the Gulf of California in a hand-colored copper engraving by Isaak Tirion of Amsterdam, dated 1765 in the title cartouche. The sheet is titled "Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California, volgens de laatste ontdekkingen der Jesuiten en anderen", and the cartouche at lower left is decorated with a scrolled frame.

The map draws the peninsula of California running southeast from the Colorado River, with the Pacific labeled "Zuid Zee" and the gulf "De Vermiljoen Zee". Mission and settlement names are placed along both coasts, and the Pericues are lettered at the southern tip near Kaap St. Lucas. On the mainland shore the map shows the Mexican provinces of Sonora and Cinaloa, and to the north and east it places Indigenous peoples such as the Apaches, the Yumas, the Cocomaricopas and the Moqui. Offshore islands are individually colored in pink, green and yellow. Open regions to the north are lettered "Onbekende Landen".

The map draws on the Jesuit surveys of the peninsula and reflects the geography that European mapmakers accepted after the island-of-California idea was abandoned.

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