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UnitedStatesTravellers-ensign-1846
$4,500.00
Title
Ensign s Travellers Guide, and Map of the United States, containing the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat and Canal Routes.
1846 (dated)
1 : 6991000
Description
An extremely scarce Mexican-American War variant edition of Ensign and Thayer s series of highly decorative United States wall maps. This map, dated 1846, is the first edition to show Texas after joining the United States - with its fullest borders extending north as far as modern-day Wyoming and including New Mexico. It illustrates the Republic of Texas according to its early proclaimed borders, names Austin s colony, and identifies Austin as the capital. In addition, the map features a large Missouri Territory. Small mountains and rivers charts on the Bulla / Darton model appear in the upper left quadrant. The bottom of the map features a large panorama of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence as well as various scenes from American H