Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne. / Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 / 1807

Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne. Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, 1807

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Full Title: Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne jusqu'a S. Fe de Nouveau Mexique. Dressee sur les Journaux de Don Pedro de Rivera et en partie sur les Observations Astronomiques de Mr. de Humboldt. 6-8. Dessine et redige par F. Friesen, a Berlin 1807.

Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Date: 1807

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Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Date: 1807

Short Title: Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne.

Publisher: Paris: F. Schoell

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 49

Object Width cm: 43

Scale 1: 1,750,000

Note: Three separate maps show the route from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Map six is the route from Mexico to Durango, seven from Durango to Chihuahua, and eight from Chihuahua to Santa Fe. Mines, ranchos, haciendas, villages and towns are shown.

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

Country: Mexico

State / Province: New Mexico

City: Mexico City (Mexico) ; Santa Fe (N.M.)

List No: 0328.008

Series No: 14

Engraver or Printer: Friesen, F. ; Rivera, Pedro de

Published In: 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.

Publication Author: Humboldt, Alexander von

Publication Date: 1811

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

Publication 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.

Publication List No: 0328.000

Publication Type: National Atlas

Publication Maps: 16

Publication Height cm: 57

Publication Width cm: 42

Image No: 0328008

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