Antique Map of the United States with inset map of the region of Mexico City

Antique map titled 'Verein-Staaten von Nord-America, Mexico, Yucatan u.a.'. Very detailed map of the United States of America showing the Caribbean. With an inset map of the surround...

This 1882 map of Mexico, published by Blackie and Son as part of the 'Comprehensive Atlas and Geography of the World,' provides a highly detailed representation of the country's geog...

Antique map titled 'Mexico'. Original antique map of Mexico. This map originates from the ‘Royal Atlas of Modern Geography’. Published by W. & A....

Antique map of part of the United States of America including Lower California, Arizona and part of Mexico. This map was part of a set of six individual sheets with maps of the Unite...

Great map of North America Original color. Good condition Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.  

Great map of United States Drawn and engraved by Archer Published by Grattan and Gilbert. 1843 Original colour Unframed.

Great map of Mexico Original color. Good condition Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.

Offered is an original 1847 ornamental map of the U.S. entitled "Ornamental Map of the United States & Mexico" by Humphrey Phelps. The map was issued as an act of Congress by Phelps on Fulton Street, New York. The broadside is elaborately hand-colored. This is a very detailed and graphic propaganda map of the United States expressing U.S. dominance of the North American continent. The hand-colored map proclaims the Manifest Destiny, with the recent acquisition of Upper California and Texas at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War. The newly acquired land is boldly colored, standing in stark contrast to the rest of the U.S. The map details a potential route for a railroad running from New York City, to Buffalo, to Chicago, then west along the Oregon Trail to Oregon City. This route anticipates the construction of the transcontinental railroad by nearly 20 years. The map includes elaborately detailed renderings of George Washington, Hernan Cortez, and Montezuma at top to represent European expansion to the Americas. At bottom are four inset designs with text showing the following: a chronological history of the U.S. beginning from settlement to the U.S. victory in the Mexican-American war; an illustration of General Zachary Taylor with details on the Oregon Territory; an illustration of the Aztec Temple of the Sun in Tenochtitlan and a chronology of the Conquest of the Aztec Empire under Cortez; a portrait of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...