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| Keywords: 1852 Duvotenay Map of Mexico ( includes Texas and Upper California ) - Geographicus - Mexique-duvotenay-1852.jpg An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of the Mexico by Th Duvotenay Includes all of modern day Mexico as well as Texas and the territories Upper California claimed by Mexico prior to the 1849 Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hildago Shows the Mexico “ U S Boundary line prior to the Gadsden Purchase Offers a number of fascinating elements including pre-Fremont cartography in Upper California The fictional rivers Jesus Maria and Wimmetchke are shown extending eastward from San Francisco Bay Labels the Great Salt Lake as Lake Teguayo after José Antonio de Alzate y RamÃrez Lake Teguayo is said by some to be the legendary homeland of the Aztecs To the north of Lake Teguayo today ™s Lake Utah is labeled Lake Timpanogos Texas appears at its fullest extent Mexico itself is divided into its various intendancies An inset in the lower left quadrant focuses on Guatemala Features a beautiful frame style border Prepared by Th Duvotenay for publication as plate no 31 in Maison Basset ™s 1852 edition of the Atlas Illustre 1852 undated Size in 9 12 5 object history credit line accession number Mexique-duvotenay-1852 Maison Basset <i>Atlas Illustre</i> 1852 issue Geographicus-source PD-art Old maps of Mexico Thunot Duvotenay Old maps of Central America 1852 maps Maps in French | ||||
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