Historic Map - United States Southwest Mexico - Brue 1840 - Vintage Wall Art

Old North America Map - Mexico, Southwest United States - Brue 1840 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on gloss paper or art paper.
The following towns are featured: an example of Brue's wall map of Texas, Upper California, and Mexico. It was frst issued in 1834, the map was revised in 1837, 1839, 1840, 1845 and 1848, keeping abreast of the changing landscape of the region and the political intrigues of the United States, England, France, Russia, and Mexico. The map contains one of the earliest obtainable depictions of the route of Jedidiah Smith. The Route de Smith en 1826 connects Lac Teguayo, to the R. Adams, Rock Salt Cavern and Seeds-Keeder River and San Diego and then extends north to M. St. Joseph. The information was derived from a letter from Smith published in the Nouvelles Annales des Voyages in 1828. A unique element of this edition of the map of tremendous interest is the identification of the Russian possessions. The map is of nearly equal importance for its treatment of Texas, naming Austin and showing nearly a dozen roads and many other pre-republic details. The
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