Author: Vandermaelen, Philippe. Humboldt, Alexander von
Title: Amer. Sep. Partie de la Vieille Californie. No. 58. [and] No. 65
Description: [Bruxelles], [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. First edition. 2 sheets. Hand-colored lithographic maps. 46 x 51 cm and 46 x 54 cm. Large scale map of Baja. Map 58 includes parts of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua. Map 65 includes the tip of Baja California and the "Iles Revillagigedo" and a text box: Note sur le Mexique .. de Humboldt. Sheets from Phillipe Vandermaelen, Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique.. a magnificent and ground breaking six volume atlas of the entire world, which was the first Atlas to use lithography, to show the entire world using such a large uniform scale, approcimately 26 miles to the inch, and which was designed to be joined together into a three-dimensional globe with a diameter of approximately 25 feet. Phillips, 749. Sabin 43762. Very good bright copies, a few minor spots or marginal finger soiling.

Keywords: , Latin America, Mexico, maps, cartography, Baja California, Map


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