Historic Maps » Route d' Acapulco a Mexico. by Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 from 1807

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Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Date: 1807

Short Title: Route d' Acapulco a Mexico.

Publisher: Paris: F. Schoell

Type: Atlas Map

Obj Height cm: 45

Obj Width cm: 20

Scale 1: 825,000

Note: A map showing the route from Acapulco to Mexico City. The map includes cities, towns, villages, mines, farms, and astronomical observatory points. Uncolored.

Reference: Wheat 272-5; WC 7a:3a:1; Streeter Texas 1042n.

Country: Mexico

City: Acapulco (Mexico) ; Mexico City (Mexico)

Full Title: Carte Reduite de la Route d' Acapulco a Mexico, Dresee sur des Observations Astronomiques et sur un nivellement Barometrique par A. de Humboldt. 5. Dessine par A. de Humboldt, a Berlin 1807. Grave par Barriere et l'Ecriture par L. Aubert.

List No: 0328.007

Series No: 13

Engraver or Printer: Barriere ; Aubert, L.

Publication Author: Humboldt, Alexander von

Pub Date: 1811

Pub Title: Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne, Fonde Sur Des Observations Astronomiques, Des Mesures Trigonometriques Et Des Nivellemens Barometriques. Par Al. De Humboldt. Paris, Chez F. Schoell, Rue Des Fosses-Saint-Germain-L'Auxerrois, No. 29. 1811. De L'Imprimerie De J.H. Stone.

Pub Reference: Wheat 272-5; WC 7a:3a:1; Streeter Texas 1042n.

Pub Note: "First French edition (although some copies have 1808 on the title page). Stamp of Russian Imperial Library at Tsarkoe Selo. This atlas has the important ""Carte Generale du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne"" on two large folio sheets, originally drawn by Humboldt in 1803-4. Arrowsmith and Pike used this map as a base for their maps of Mexico and the southwest. Maps are without color and bound in full brown leather covered boards with ""Voyage De Humboldt Et Bonplan. Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne."" stamped on the spine in black ink."

Pub List No: 0328.000

Pub Type: National Atlas

Pub Maps: 16

Pub Height cm: 57

Pub Width cm: 42

Image No: 0328007

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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