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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1851	Tallis, John	London	Mexico, California and Texas	$800	Picture

A steel plate engraved map with hand colored outlines.

Size:10 3/4 inches X 14 1/4 inches

Map Type: Atlas

This is an excellent copy, with vivid outline colors. Some spotting along the centerline crease.

Taken from The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical, Edited By R. Montgomery Martin, Esq. .... This map of Mexico with provinces outlined in color with California's "newly discovered GOLD districts" highlighted in bright yellow following the paths of the R. Sacramento and the Rio San Joaquin. New or Upper California and Texas are also shown in outline color and show the borders as defined before the ¹Compromise of 1850. The accompanying illustrations include Mexican peasants, gold washing, and the ruins of Uxmal, Yucatan. The decorative border includes vegetation, fruits and vegetables from the region.

References: Citations: ¹Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. ; Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 4 Page 244, Tallis family, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999