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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1847	Mitchell, S. Augustus	Philadelphia	Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, exhibiting The Chief Cities and Towns, The Principal Travelling Routes &c.	$9,000	Picture

An engraved map, with hand colored wash and outline color

Size: 17 1/4 inches X 25 1/4 inches folding to 5 1/4 in X 2 3/4 in.; Scale: 1 inch = appx 110 miles.

Map Type: Pocket

This is a superior copy, with vivid colors. Small burn in Tabasco area of Mexico, some spots in the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean. Entire map has been backed with japon.

Six battle fields are illustrated by flags including Alamo, San Jacinto, Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Buena Vista, and Monterey. The legend of the inset map illustrates gun batteries and forts. Below the inset a legend explains the dates of various battles and distances by road to Mexican cities.Inset map, “The Late Battlefield” (Monterey).

Inset map, “The Late Battlefield” (Monterey).

References: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 3 Page 260, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999; Mapping the Transmississipi West, Vol 3, #548, Wheat, Carl, Maurizio Martino Publisher, CT, 1959