WYLD, James Sr. (1790-1836). Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States … 1846.

WYLD, James Sr. (1790-1836). Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States … 1846.WYLD, James Sr. (1790 1836). Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States 1846. Engraved case map; printed on two sheets, dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen, edged in green silk, contemporary outline hand coloring. London: 1846. 56 x 53 sheet, 60 x 64 framed. A superbly detailed large scale English map of North America at the onset of the Mexican American war. Englands position favored Mexico, in part because it

78: Seville Orange Watercolor and gouache on paper prepared as vellum ca

La Harpe pressed French claims in the west and created the finest map of that region made up to that time

many of which had been made to plot the location of the 31st parallel

a few mild marginal stains

at the time he was chosen he was heading the Depot of Charts and Instruments in Washington D

” stopping at a series of forts built by the Fur Company and meeting their first Indians at Bellevue

Murphy and his friend and fellow newspaper editor Edmund B

Bernard Ratzer's map was by far the most accurate published plan of New York City and its environs at this critical time in history

he journeyed to the mouth of the Missouri River

Professor in Columbia University

the first thorough geological and agricultural survey of Texas

Lande 118 (map in facsimile)