Title/Content of Map: 'Spanish North America [northern part]' A large map of Texas, Mexico and the American Southwest, published in Edinburgh by John Thompson, based on the explorations of Humboldt and Long. There are extensive observations of Native American Indian settlements, particularly along the Mississippi, in the Missouri river basin, and along the Colorado river. There is also much detail along the Rio Grande river in the southern Rockies aronund Santa Fe. One of the most detailed early 19th century maps of the region.

Date Printed: 1817

Image Size: Approx 53.5 x 67.0cm, 21 x 26.5 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.

Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring

Condition: Good; suitable for framing. However, please note: Minor offsetting -text and/or images from the facing page have left an impression on the print.

Verso: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

Folding: This is a folding map.

Artist/Cartographer/Engraver: Drawn & engraved for John Thomson's "New General Atlas"

Provenance: "A new general atlas, consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin

John Thomson (1777-1840) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, best known for his 1817 New General Atlas.

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Good; suitable for framing. However, please note: Minor offsetting -text and/or images from the facing page have left an impression on the print.