LOT 0040 AN ANTIQUE MAP, "Carte de la Côte de l'Améri…
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AN ANTIQUE MAP, "Carte de la Côte de l'Amérique, sur l'océan pacifiqque septentrional compernant Le Territorie de l'Orégon, les Californies, La Mer Vermeille, Partie des Territories de la Compangie de la Baie d'Hudson, et de l'Amérique Russe," PARIS, 1844 hand colored engraving on paper, author Eugène Duflot de Mofras (1810-1884), Attaché à la légation de france à Mexico, published by Arthus Bertrand, "Pour servir à l'intelligence de son voyage d'exploration publié par ordre du roi de Mr. Le Maréchal duc de Dalmatie, Président du Conseil de Ministres, Mr. Le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères," for the Libraire de la Société de Géographie, engraved by Jacobs, script by Hacq., a page fragment from the atlas Exploration du Territoire de l'Orégon, de Californies, et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841, et 1842. 36" x 22 3/4" Note: The present map is an excellent summary of knowledge concerning the American West, published on the eve of the Mexican War (1846-1848). Considered a landmark publication, the map consolidates expeditions including Lewis and Clark's, Long, Mac Kenzie, among others, including the Santa Fe trail and other wagon routes, principle villages and towns, ranches, missions, forts, indigenous lodging, mines and ports. Provenance: Property from a Fortune 500 Energy Company, Houston, Texas.
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