MAP, North America, Brue
North America. Adrien Hubert Brue, Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale, from Atlas Universel, 1821 (dated). Hand Color. Excellent map of North America and the West Indies. Beautifully engraved on fine heavy paper with the embossed atlas seal above the script title. Alaska is Amerique Russe and still a bit misshapen. The individual state borders are shown up to the Mississippi River. In the West are a large Missouri Territory and a huge Oregon Territory, here named as Columbia. The United States is in control of much of present day British Columbia. Mexico still encompasses Texas and the Southwest. The West also features some fictitious rivers, including the R. Buenaventura, flowing from the Rockies into Salt Lake, and the dotted R. St. Phelipe reaching from L. Timpanagos to Monterey Bay. Farther south, a short R. Martires makes its way down to the Gulf of California. Surrounded with a keyboard-style border.
Dimensions: 14.4 x 20.2 in
Condition Report: A crisp impression with an 11" centerfold separation that was previously repaired with non-archival tape and is now closed with archival tape. There is some faint staining along the centerfold from the old repair and some chips along the sheet edges. Grade: B+
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North America. Adrien Hubert Brue, Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale, from Atlas Universel, 1821 (dated). Hand Color. Excellent map of North America and the West Indies. Beautifully engraved on fine heavy paper with the embossed atlas seal above the script title. Alaska is Amerique Russe and still a bit misshapen. The individual state borders are shown up to the Mississippi River. In the West are a large Missouri Territory and a huge Oregon Territory, here named as Columbia. The United States is in control of much of present day British Columbia. Mexico still encompasses Texas and the Southwest. The West also features some fictitious rivers, including the R. Buenaventura, flowing from the Rockies into Salt Lake, and the dotted R. St. Phelipe reaching from L. Timpanagos to Monterey Bay. Farther south, a short R. Martires makes its way down to the Gulf of California. Surrounded with a keyboard-style border.
Dimensions: 14.4 x 20.2 in
Condition Report: A crisp impression with an 11" centerfold separation that was previously repaired with non-archival tape and is now closed with archival tape. There is some faint staining along the centerfold from the old repair and some chips along the sheet edges. Grade: B+
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