Engraved wall map, hand-colored, shellacked. 140x150 cm. (55x59"), backed with linen, with wooden rollers.
Large wall map of the Unites States and Central America, with inset of the world on Mercator's projection, and many sailing ships on the oceans. The central part of California is colored yellow to represent the gold region. The western U.S. is in flux - New Mexico encompasses present Arizona and some of Nevada, with the remainder of Nevada a part of Utah, which also claims much of Colorado; the rest of Colorado, as also Kansas and part of Wyoming, is part of "Territory of Nebraska as Proposed," to the north is an oversized Minnesota, and an unnamed Montana peopled by various tribes of Indians. Oregon and Washington each stretch east across present Idaho into Montana. The border with Mexico is in pre-Gadsden state.
Provenance: R. Rubin, 11/92
References: Wheat Transmississippi 794; Wheat Gold Region 243 (both for 1853 editions)
There is possibly an 1850 edition; and editions for the years 1851, 1852, 1853 (in at least two states), 1854 (in at least two states), 1856, 1857,1858.
Condition:
Some rubbing to the surface, several cracks, moderate waterstain in upper right, edges a bit ragged, missing most of the ribbon protector; very good overall.