Items 53–74
1821
53. [MAP]. [LAS CASES, Compte de E. M. J.?].
Carte spéciale, historique et géographique
de la République des États-Unis de
L'Amérique du Nord. [Paris, ca. 1821?]. Engraved
map (by J. M. Hacq), original full color and outlining.
25.5 x 42.5 cm (10-3/8 x 16-3/4 inches). Scale not stated.
A few minor, neat reinforcements on verso (at folds).
We are not
certain where this map appeared (thanks to the "breaker"
who could not be bothered to identify the source). The
closest lead we find is in Phillips, Atlases (e.g.,
128, 3313, etc.), where the map is listed by title under
the atlases of E. M. J. Las Cases (or Las Casas), whose
works were issued under the pseudonym of LeSage. We also
see that this map is sometimes attributed to Renouard, or
possibly Lavoisne. The map shows what is now the United
States, with a yellow line designating "Contour du
territoire des Etats-unis." This yellow line of demarcation
is straightforward on the east coast, but it becomes a bit
murky on the Western border, where the boundary line runs
up the Sabine at Galveston(!). A diminutive Texas (labeled
as such) is curiously truncated and colored yellow like the
other established U.S. States. About the only location in
Texas is Champ d'Asile, and the western boundary is between
Matagorda and some point on the upper Colorado.
Territories
of the United States are colored pink, and include
"Territoire D'Arkansas," "Territ. des Florides,"
"Territoire du Missouri," "Territ. de Michigan," and
"Territoire du Nord-ouest." The Pacific coast of the U.S.
extends from far northern California (Pt. St. George) to
the northern tip of present Washington State. The northern
boundary makes an optimistic curve upwards with explanatory
text that the boundary is uncertain.
($500-1,000)
54. [BOOK]. ROBERTSON, William. The Works
of.... [Vol. VII-IX] History of America. London:
T. Cadell, et al., 1821. xliv, 416 + [4] 454 + [4]
432 pp., folding engraved plate of glyphs from the Vienna
Codex, 4 folding engraved maps (2 relating to Texas and the
Southwest: (1) KITCHIN, Thomas. Mexico or New Spain in
which the Motions of Cortez may be Traced. 28.1 x 38.5
cm [11-1/8 x 15-1/8 inches], scale: 1 inch = approximately
160 miles, inset at lower right Supplement of the
Environs of Mexico [City], ornate floral cartouche; (2)
Map of the Gulf of Mexico. The Islands and Countries
Adjacent.... 26.9 x 43.3 cm [10-5/8 x 17 inches], scale
not stated). 3 vols., 8vo, contemporary smooth calf extra
gilt, spine with raised bands and black gilt-lettered calf
labels. Ex-library, engraved bookplates of Nevins Memorial
Library in Methuen (with ink "withdrawn" stamp), ink call
numbers on spines, old library pockets and call slips at
rear, occasional neat notes. Bindings worn and broken,
interior crisp and fine.
Later
edition of this multi-volume set; present here are Vols. 7,
8, and 9, with the American maps. See Item 37 above for
discussion of Kitchin's map. Burrus, Kino and the
Cartography of Northwestern New Spain, p. 69n. Wheat,
Transmississippi West 172n. Besides the Kitchin map,
these volumes contain a map of the Gulf of Mexico and the
Caribbean. For more on Robertson's work, see: Glass
XV(4)688n. Griffin 517n: "A historical classic, the first
successful attempt to write a scholarly history of the
Western Hemisphere." Hill, p. 254n: "Through many
advantageous connections, the author was allowed to utilize
much information that would have been inaccessible to the
general public." Howes R358. Larned 403n: "One of the best
accounts available in English of the Spanish Colonial
administration and commercial system."
($200-400)
55. [MAP]. SHERWOOD, NEELY, & JONES.
Spanish Dominions in North America. London, 1821.
Engraved map with original full and outline coloring. 18.6
x 24 cm (7-1/4 x 9-3/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch =
approximately 300 miles. Fine.
Texas is
shown with the normal ambiguity of the erasouth Texas is
colored yellow and part of Mexico, and North Texas is blue,
unnamed, but lying between New Mexico and Louisiana.
($75-150)
56. [MAP]. WEILAND, Carl. F. General Charte von
den vereinigten Nordamericanischen Freistaaten nach den
vorzüglichstein Hülfsmitteln entworfen.
Weimar: Geograph. Institut, 1821. Engraved map with
original shading and outlining, on heavy rag paper. 47.5 x
65.2 cm (18-3/4 x 25-5/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch =
approximately 110 miles. Exuberantly engraved title with
about a half-dozen types of flourished lettering, bold
decorative border. Engraved legend at lower left. A few
minor tears affecting blank margins, overall very fine.
Carl
Ferdinand Weiland (1782-1847) published two atlases,
Atlas von Amerika (1824-28) and Algemeiner
Hand-Atlas (1828-48). Weiland's large and fine map
presents the boundary of Texas in its then ambiguous state.
Texas stands out on the map, is shaded pale yellow, and has
an ambitiously exaggerated Panhandle. Texas is designated
Provinz Texas and is shown as part of Provinz
Cohahuila, San Luis Potosi, Neu Santander,
and even the eastern edge of New Mexico (Santa
Fe is shown practically on the border). As with many maps
of this era, particularly European ones, Champ d'Asile is
located. Wheat, Transmississippi West, p. 96 &
#346: "The northern boundary west of the Rocky Mountains
extends north to take in the whole of the Columbia
watershed. This is called 'New Albion along the
coast.'"
($750-1,500)
56. [MAP]. WEILAND, Carl. F. General Charte von
den vereinigten Nordamericanischen Freistaaten nach den
vorzüglichstein Hülfsmitteln entworfen.
Weimar: Geograph. Institut, 1821. Engraved map with
original shading and outlining, on heavy rag paper. 47.5 x
65.2 cm (18-3/4 x 25-5/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch =
approximately 110 miles. Exuberantly engraved title with
about a half-dozen types of flourished lettering, bold
decorative border. Engraved legend at lower left. A few
minor tears affecting blank margins, overall very fine.
Carl
Ferdinand Weiland (1782-1847) published two atlases,
Atlas von Amerika (1824-28) and Algemeiner
Hand-Atlas (1828-48). Weiland's large and fine map
presents the boundary of Texas in its then ambiguous state.
Texas stands out on the map, is shaded pale yellow, and has
an ambitiously exaggerated Panhandle. Texas is designated
Provinz Texas and is shown as part of Provinz
Cohahuila, San Luis Potosi, Neu Santander,
and even the eastern edge of New Mexico (Santa
Fe is shown practically on the border). As with many maps
of this era, particularly European ones, Champ d'Asile is
located. Wheat, Transmississippi West, p. 96 &
#346: "The northern boundary west of the Rocky Mountains
extends north to take in the whole of the Columbia
watershed. This is called 'New Albion along the
coast.'"
($750-1,500)
1822
57. [MAP]. FINLAYSON, J. Geographical,
Statistical, and Historical Map of Mexico [title at top
margin]. Mexico and Internal Provinces [title on
map]. [Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822 or after].
Engraved map (by Young and Delleker) and text, original
full and outline color. 38.4 x 37.3 cm (15-1/4 x 14-5/8
inches). Map & text: 42.8 x 53.5 cm (16-3/4 x 21
inches). Scale not stated. Explanatory text in columns on
right and left. At lower left below neat line: Prepared
from Humboldt's Map & other Documents by J.
Finlayson. Center fold split where formerly in atlas
(neatly reinforced on verso), otherwise fine.
From text
on either side giving population statistics, the date would
appear to be ca. 1822, making the probable source one of
the many editions of H. C. Carey and I. Lea's A Complete
Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American
Atlas. Editions appeared, for example, in 1822
(Phillips, Atlases 1373a), 1823 (Phillips,
Atlases 3660a), 1827 (Phillips, Atlases
1177), etc. See also Phillips, America, p. 408. "The
map shows provinces, towns, rivers, roads, mines, military
forts, location of Indian tribes, mountains, various notes
on charting of the country, people and government in the
margins" (Day, Maps of Texas, p. 13). The side-bar
text Civil Divisions and Populations gives the
following statistics and chief towns in 1803 as follows:
Old California with 9,000 inhabitants (Loreto); New
California with 15,600 population (Monterey); New Mexico
with 40,200 souls (Santa Fe), etc.
($300-600)
1824
58. [MAP]. FINLEY, A[nthony]. Mexico.
Philadelphia, [1824]. Engraved map (by Young &
Delleker), original full coloring. 22.2 x 29.2 cm (8-7/8 x
11-1/2 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 200 miles.
31. at lower right. Colors fresh, map fine.
Matted.
Texas is
shown with a fat Panhandle reaching up to Spanish Peaks
above Santa Fe, and rather than addressing the contemporary
ambiguity one often sees, the cartographer simply labels
the Texas region as the Intendency of San Louis Potosi,
without attaching the name Texas to it at all. Finley (ca.
1790-1840) worked as a cartographer and publisher in
Philadelphia, putting out his New General Atlas
(1824, with reprints to 1831), New American Atlas
(1826), and Atlas Classica (1829). A label on
the mat indicates a date of 1821. The map appeared in
Finley's A New General Atlas; Phillips
(Atlases) records editions of 1824 (4314); 1829
(755); 1830 (755), and 1831 (760). Day, Maps of
Texas, p. 14: "This map shows Intendencies of New
Mexico, New Albion, New California, Old California, towns,
locations of Indian tribes with occasional comments such as
'Yabipias Indians with long beards,' mountains, rivers,
lakes, Texas as an original part of the Intendency of San
Luis Potosi." Phillips, Atlases 4314.
($250-500)
1825
59. [MAP]. BRUÉ, A[drien Hubert]. Carte
générale des États-Unis, du Canada et
d'une partie des pays adjacents. Paris: Chez L'Auteur,
1825. Engraved map, original outline coloring. 36.1 x 50.5
cm (14-1/4 x 19-7/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately
150 miles. Refined line-pattern border. Cartographer's
circular embossed seal at lower right. Color key chart at
left indicating U.S., English, and Mexican territories. At
upper right: Atlas in 65 feuilles No. 58 en
36 feuilles No. 34. Creased at center fold,
where formerly in atlas. Short split at lower blank margin,
else fine, with large margins.
This
beautiful map of Canada, the United States, and part of
Northern Mexico appeared in Brué's Atlas
universel de géographie...seconde édition
(Paris, 1828). Not in Phillips
(Atlases). Texas is labeled Texas and
placed in the northern sector of San Luis Potosi. Like all
of Brué's maps, the present one is characterized by
elegance and restraint. Cartographer and publisher
Brué (1786-1832) was one of the outstanding European
mapmakers of the era in depicting the American West. His
work is characterized by accuracy and, at moments, genius
(see Wheat, Transmississippi West II, p. 145,
discussing Brué's 1834 Nouvelle carte du
Mexique, which Wheat calls "one of the foundation
stones of western mapping history").
($400-800)
60. [MAP]. BRUÉ, [Adrien Hubert]. Carte
générale des États-Unis Mexicains et
des Provinces-Unis de l'Amérique Centrale.
Paris, 1825. Engraved map, original outline coloring,
re-mounted on new cartographic linen in 9 sections. 50.9 x
36.4 cm (20 x 14-3/8 inches). Scale not stated. Large inset
map of Central America at lower left: Guatemala ou
Provinces-Unies de l'Amérique Centrale, with
smaller inset above: Iles Revillegigedo. Refined
line-pattern border. Cartographer's circular embossed seal
above title. Very fine in contemporary brown and blue
marbled chemise and case with gilt-lettered scarlet calf
label. Very handsome copy in an elegant case of the
period.
Wheat,
Transmississippi West 361n (listing a very similar
map of the same year that issued in Brué's 1830
Atlas Universel de géographie; the present
map is slightly wider and without the printed atlas
designation number of 59): "Brué's 1825 'Etats-Unis
Mexicaines,' with R. S. Sacramento ou Timpanogos navigable
a plus de 50 lieues (the first hint of the Sacramento
River, with an R. S. Joaquin meeting it from the
southeast) and with the S. Buenaventura, the Truches or S.
Felipe and the R. de los Martires." Phillips,
Atlases 758 (1830-1834 atlas) & 4321(1838-1839
atlas). Texas is labeled as such in the southeast, but the
entire region that is now Texas is divided among San Luis
Potosi, Coahuila, a huge Bolson de Mapimi, and New Mexico
(El Paso is in New Mexico).
($600-1,200)
61. [MAP]. FENNER, [R.]. Mexico &
Guatamala. [London, ca. 1825?]. Engraved map, original
outline coloring, borders shaded yellow. 10.8 x 14.1 cm
(4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches). Scale not stated. Fine.
This petite
map actually shows most of the present U.S., as well as
Mexico and Central America. Texas is in one of the oddest
shapes yetan outlined pink boxy shape between the Sabine,
Colorado, and Red Rivers, and then extending off vaguely to
the northwest with no real boundary line to the west.
Tooley lists an R. Fenner (no dates), who published a
Pocket Atlas of Modern & Ancient Geography about
1830.
($40-80)
62. [MAP]. FINLEY, A[nthony]. Mexico.
Philadelphia, [ca. 1825]. Engraved map (by Young &
Delleker), original full coloring. 22.2 x 29.2 cm (8-7/8 x
11-1/2 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 220 miles.
32. at lower right. Fine.
Very
similar to Item 58 above, but with some important changes
in Texas. San Felipe de Austin has been added, as well as
Austin's Settt. (Austin's
first colony was founded in 1821). The earlier version
showed what is now Texas as in the Intendency of San Luis
Potosi, but that designation has been removed and replaced
with Coahuila and Texas. Instead of Texas' Panhandle
reaching boldly up to Spanish Peaks, in the present version
the Panhandle has been eliminated altogether. A few old
stains (confined primarily to blank margins). Day, Maps
of Texas, p. 17. Phillips (Atlases) lists
several of Finley's atlases with the Mexico map as Map No.
31, but in this instance, the map is Plate No. 32. The date
may well be a bit later.
($300-600)
63. [MAP]. MEXICO (Republic). MINISTERIO DE GUERRA
Y MARINA. Carta general para las navegaciones india
oriental por el mar del sur y el grande oceano que separa
continente americano del asiático.... Mexico,
1825. Engraved map on high quality rag paper. 62.1 x 69.8
cm (17-1/2 x 24-1/2 x inches). Scale not stated. Title
within circle at top. Coastal soundings. Occasional small
tears to blank margins, one old tape repair at left.
This
large-scale nautical chart shows the Pacific coast from
Alaska to Panama, includes the Hawaiian Islands, and
designates coastal cities and other points of interest
along the Gulf of Mexico. With this map we include two
other large nautical charts from this series of maps put
out by the Mexican government: (1) Carta esferica de las
costas y golfo de Californias llamado mar de Cortes que
comprende desde el Cabo Corrientes hasta el Puerto de S.
Diego. Mexico, 1825. Engraved map. 87 x 55.6 cm (34 x
22 inches). Shows the coast line from San Diego to Cabo San
Lucas and as far south as present-day Puerto Vallarta.
Insets of Guaymas, La Paz, and Pichilingue. A few short
tears to blank margin and light waterstaining to upper
blank margin. (2) Carta esferica que comprende las
costas del Oceano Pacifico desde los 7º. Lat. S. hasta
los 9º. Lat. N.... Mexico, 1825. 87 x 55.6 cm (34
x 22 inches). Nautical chart of the Pacific Coast from Peru
to Costa Rica. Old tape along outer edge of blank margin,
one chip to lower blank right corner, light staining to
blank margins.
($250-500)
EXCEEDINGLY RARE PORTULANO OF THE GULF OF MEXICO & THE CARIBBEAN WITH IMPORTANT MAPS OF GALVESTON & MATAGORDA
64. [PORTULANO]. SPAIN. DIRECCIÓN DE
HIDROGRAFÍA. Portulano de la América
Setentrional dividido en quatro partes publicado por orden
del Escmo Sor D. Guadalupe Victoria.... Mexico, 1825.
Engraved title, 2 descriptive text leaves, 112 engraved
coastal charts showing the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico
in great detail (soundings, coastal features, composition
of shorelines and benthos, forts, city plans, major
structures of port cities, etc.), each of which measures
approximately 17.6 x 25.4 cm (6-7/8 x 10 inches), scales
vary. Included are two Texas charts: (1) Bahia de S.
Bernardo [Matagorda Bay], scale: 1 inch = approximately
2-1/2 nautical miles; (2) Bahia de Galvez Town,
scale: 1 inch = 2.7 cable lengths. Oblong folio, original
three-quarter Mexican green calf over green and black
marbled boards, spine gilt. Other than a few old repairs
and occasional light staining, a fine, handsome copy. Very
rare (Streeter locates only one copy, that held by the
Library of Congress).
First
American edition (earlier editions appeared in Madrid
in 1809 and 1818). Lowery 744. Palau 233681. Phillips,
Atlases 1226. Streeter 1043B (citing Galveston Bay
chart) & 1044B (citing Matagorda Bay chart): "First
separately engraved maps of Galveston Bay [and St. Bernardo
Bay {i.e. Pass Cavallo between Matagorda Island and
Matagorda}]." The Portulano is divided into four
sections: (1) Antilles (15 maps of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, and the Windward Islands, including Tobago,
Trinidad, Saint Thomas, Antigua, Martinque, Tortola); (2)
Colombia, Florida, Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico (41
charts, including Esmeralda, Cartagena, Portobelo, Chagres,
Bluefields, Veracruz, Matagorda, Galveston, Pensacola,
Tampa, San Augustine, Nassau); (3) Cuba (34 charts,
including Havana, Mantanzas, Guantanamo; (4) Haiti and
Jamaica (22 charts, including Delfin, Tortuga, Antiqua,
Kingston, Morante). Individual maps from this portulano are
little-known to collectors and rarely come on the market
(although a copy of the San Bernardo map sold at Sotheby's
in 1999 for $1,631). For a copy of the complete atlas to
appear on the market is a minor miracle. I've only seen
this complete atlas once before, and it was this copy,
which came from a private collector in Mexico in the
1960s.
($20,000-30,000)
65. [MAP]. STARLING, Thomas. Mexico and
Guatimala. London: Bull, [ca. 1825?]. Engraved map,
original full and outline coloring. 9.1 x 14.4 cm (3-1/2 x
5-3/4 inches). Scale not stated. At left is a key with
numbers naming the provinces of Mexico and Guatemala.
Fine.
Starling
was active in London between 1815 and 1850. Petite map,
with Texas keyed as No. 5 of the Mexican provinces, and
shown as a part of New Mexico. San Saba is located.
($30-60)
66. [MAP]. STARLING, Thomas. United States.
London: Bull, [ca. 1825?]. Engraved map, original full
color with outlining. 9.6 x 14.6 cm (3-5/8 x 5-3/4 inches).
Scale not stated. At right is a key with numbers naming the
states and territories of the United States. Minor
staining.
Another
petite map by Starling (see preceding entry). This map
shows the exaggerated claims of the United States in the
Pacific Northwest. California is labeled New Albion.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are designated simply
Chippewas. Texas is shown with a rococo Rio Grande,
and about the only location other than rivers is
Nacogdoches.
($30-60)
LARGEST SCALE COLONIAL MAPS OF TEXAS
67. [MAP]. VANDERMAELEN, Ph[ilippe Marie
Guillaume]. 5 lithographed maps with original outline
coloring, together showing Texas and surrounding areas,
consisting of: (1) Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique.
No. 54 (47.1 x 49.6 cm; 18-1/2 x 19-3/8
inches); (2) Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique.
No. 59 (46.8 x 52 cm; 18-3/8 x 20-1/2
inches); (3) Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique.
No. 60 (46.2 x 50.7 cm; 18-1/8 x 19-15/16
inches), extensive text on mining in Mexico within large
box at right; (4) Amér. Sep. Partie des
États-Unis No. 55 (47.1 x 51.8 cm;
18-1/2 x 20-3/8 inches); (5) Amér. Sep. Parties
des États-Unis et du Nouveau Mexique.
No. 48 (46.3 x 56 cm; 18-1/4 x 22
inches). [Bruxelles]: H. Ode, Avril [and] Juin, 1825. No
scale, but approximately 1 inch = 28 miles. Occasional very
mild foxing, generally fine and crisp copies with large,
untrimmed margins, original drab blue paper mounts for
insertion in atlas on versos. Rarely found in the complete
set of five, which together comprise one of the most
beautiful and unusual cartographic treatments of Texas ever
produced.
First
printing of the largest scale map of Texas printed up to
that time. The atlas in which these maps appeared was
the first printed atlas of the world on a uniform scale
and the first major lithographed atlas. Map No.
55 is the first separate map of North Texas ever
printed. These maps appeared in Vander Maelen's
Atlas Universel de Géographie.... (Bruxelles,
1827). Day, Maps of Texas, p. 141. Koeman,
Atlantes Neerlandici (Vander Maelen 1) III, p. 142:
"During the period when Belgium and the Netherlands
together formed the kingdom of the Netherlands, one of the
most remarkable developments of private enterprise in
cartography took place in Brussels. There lived Philippe
Vandermaelen, son of the wealthy soap manufacturer,
Guillaume Vander Maelen, who abandoned the soap trade and
devoted his life to cartography. He did extremely well and
published one of the most remarkable world atlases ever
made: a world atlas with 400 maps on a uniform scale of ca.
1:1,6 million. This work, which appeared in 1827, was far
ahead of its time, but its appearance could only be
justified by the unparalleled zeal of its author.... The
completion of the huge work was realized in the amazingly
short period of three years."
Martin
& Martin, p. 32: "Van der Maelen's Atlas
Universel, the most lavish and detailed cartographic
production of the decade and the first major lithographed
atlas, included five maps depicting parts of Texas. These
maps were based primarily on the outmoded models of
Humboldt and Pike." Phillips, Atlases 749. Streeter
1095 (listing all 5 maps): "The entire Texas coast line
[is] shown on a single sheet (No. 60)...as a jumble of
islands dotting the coast from Galveston Bay (here called
Baie Trinidad) to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The Canadian
River running across the Texas Panhandle is correctly shown
as flowing into the Arkansas, and a 'Little Brazos' running
into the Brazos is shown and named. The San Antonio is
still incorrectly represented as flowing into the Gulf of
Mexico, instead of joining the Guadalupe many miles above.
The few place names are...apparently imaginary."
Taliaferro
219 (discussing Map No. 60): "This is one of five sheets
from Vandermaelen's atlas that depict Texas, and it is the
only printed map from the colonial period devoted
specifically to the Texas coast.... His configuration
strongly resembles the Texas coast on Henry Tanner's Map
of North America, 1822, and on John Melish's Map of
the United States 1816.... There is no sign yet of
Austin's colony or any other Anglo settlements." Wheat,
Transmississippi West 378 & p. 94: "No mapmaker
had previously attempted to use such a large scale for any
western area." These maps are very handsome, their place
names at times curious, and their history is important and
interesting.
($2,000-4,000)
1827
68. [MAP]. HAMILTON ADAMS & CO. Mexico.
London, 1827. Engraved map, original full color with
outlining and borders shaded pink. 23.3 x 28 cm (9-1/8 x 11
inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 150 miles. Fine.
The word
Texas is shown, and the region is shown as part of
San Luis Potosi, New Santander, and Coahuila. What is now
the Panhandle and the Trans-Pecos West is ambiguous, being
either an undesignated area or perhaps an extension of
Bolson de Mapimi.
($100-200)
69. [MAP]. YOUNG, J[ames] H[amilton]. Mexico
and Guatimala. [Philadelphia, 1827]. Engraved map, full
original color, borders shaded in pink. 20.2 x 24.4 cm (8 x
9-5/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 310 miles.
Upper margin rough where removed from atlas and a few
stains
Texas is
colored bright yellow, shaped rather like a square with a
point on the lower left side, and boldly labeled Texas
or New Estremadura. This map is a rather pedestrian
affair, but it has the distinction of being by an important
engraver who created one of the great and long-lived maps
of Texas (see Item 92 herein), the Mitchell-Young New
Map of Texas, which came out eight times between 1835
and 1845. Young, a native of Scotland, was an engraver of
maps, rather than a cartographer. He was active in
Philadelphia from 1817 to 1845. At times he was a member of
the firms of S. Augustus Mitchell, Kneass & Young, and
Young and Delleker. According to Fielding (p. 1068), the
only plates signed by Young alone are early encyclopedia
plates. DAB says that the maps engraved by Young and
published by Mitchell compare favorably with the work of
John Arrowsmith, the younger (article on Mitchell).
($200-400)
1828
70. [MAP]. STÜLPNAGEL, L. von. Mexico und
Centro-America. Gotha: J. Perthes, 1828. Engraved map,
original outline coloring, shaded pink border. 29.7 x 35.8
cm (11-3/4 x 14-1/8 inches). Scale not stated. At lower
left, inset map of Mexico City and surrounding area:
Umbeg. d. Stadt Mexico in 4 fachen Maasstab. At
center left, lettered key for identification of cities in
Mexico and Central America. Lower center, numbered key to
the states of Mexico and Central America. Upper right:
Steilers Hand-Atlas No. 47B. Fine.
Here Texas
is outlined in yellow and reduced to an elongated rectangle
with the Rio Grande Valley a sharp point on the
southwestern boundary. Stülpnagel (1781-1865),
draftsman and engraver, produced maps and atlases in
Germany from the 1820s until his death. The present map is
Plate No. 47b, extracted from Adolf Stieler's
Hand-Atlas. Phillips, Atlases 6075 (listing
the 1834 edition).
($100-200)
1830
71. [LAND CERTIFICATE WITH MAP]. GALVESTON BAY
& TEXAS LAND COMPANY. Ornately engraved land
certificate with two cherubs reading at top right, ornate
decorative sidebar at left, map at lower left; certificate
completed in manuscript, engraved text commences:
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company No. [811]
This certifies, 4428-402/1000 Acres. That the Subscribers
as the Trustees and Attorneys of Lorenzo De Zavala, Joseph
Vehlein, and David G. Burnet, have given and do hereby give
to [Rodman Moulton] and h[is] legal
representatives the bearer hereof, their consent to the
location of, and holding in severalty, One Sitio of Land
within the Limits of Four Adjoining Tracts of Land in
Texas.... New York, October 16, 1830. Untitled map
(southeast Texas with company lands indicated by shading):
6.5 x 10 cm (2-5/8 x 4 inches). Signed in ink by Company
officers Anthony Dey, W. H. Sumner, G. W. Curtis, and W. H.
Willson, endorsed on verso by bondholder and officer
Anthony Dey. 1 p., folio, printed on very thin onionskin
paper. Other than light marginal wear, fine.
First
edition, unrecorded issue. Streeter 1117 (documenting
only the certificate for one labor of land, whereas the
present copy is for one sitio): "According to Dr. Barker
(Life of Austin, p. 298), the sale of scrip to
finance a company promoting the sale of Texas land...was
undoubtedly fraudulent." An unusual feature of this land
certificate is its attractive map of southeast Texas and
the Louisiana border, locating towns (San Felipe de Austin,
Brazoria, Nacogdoches, etc.), Austin's Colony, roads,
rivers, Caddo Lake, Sabine Lake, Galveston Island, etc. One
of the more interesting and controversial of the
colonization companies, the Galveston Bay & Texas Land
Company energetically promoted lands between the San
Jacinto and Sabine Rivers.
The Company
did not own the land itself; the certificates were only
scrip allowing colonists to move into the lands allotted to
the three empresarios and there apply for a grant of land.
But at five cents an acre, sales were brisk. Unfortunately,
unbeknownst to the colonists, Mexico had put into effect
its disturbing Law of April 6, 1830, prohibiting further
Anglo colonization in Texas. When the emigrants, who were
mostly Europeans and not Americans, arrived in Texas,
Mexican officials refused to let them settle. The colonists
were permitted to build huts and plant gardens but were
left on their own to try to acquire land holdings. See
The Handbook of Texas Online (Galveston Bay &
Texas Land Company) and E. Williams, The Animating
Pursuits of Speculation (1949).
($1,000-2,000)
71A. [LAND CERTIFICATE WITH MAP]. GALVESTON BAY
& TEXAS LAND COMPANY. Ornately lithographed land
certificate with two cherubs reading at top right, ornate
decorative sidebar at left, map at lower left; certificate
completed in manuscript, lithographed text commences:
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company No. [5739]
This certifies, 177-136/1000 Acres. That the Subscribers as
the Trustees and Attorneys of Lorenzo De Zavala, Joseph
Vehlein, and David G. Burnet, have given and do hereby give
to [Anthony Dey] and h[is] legal
representatives the bearer hereof, their consent to the
location of, and holding in severalty, One Labor of Land
within the Limits of Four Adjoining Tracts of Land in
Texas.... New York, October 16, 1830. Untitled map
(southeast Texas with company lands indicated by shading):
6.5 x 10 cm (2-5/8 x 4 inches). At lower center:
E. S. Messier's Litho. Signed in ink by
Company officers Anthony Dey, W. H. Sumner, G. W. Curtis,
and W. H. Willson, endorsed on verso by bondholder Moulton.
1 p., folio, printed on very thin onionskin paper. Other
than light marginal wear, fine.
First
edition. Streeter 1117 (see preceding entry for an
unrecorded edition). This certificate is a mystery, in that
it appears to be lithographed, whereas the preceding
certificate appears to be engraved. At the lower center on
the present certificate is the inscription: E. S.
Mesier's Litho. The preceding certificate
bears no such inscription and appears to be engraved. There
are differences on the map, e.g., in the present
certificate, the word Matagorda B. does not appear;
the place of the names for the Brazos and Navasota Rivers
have been moved further to right; the line border on the
right is not so sharp, and does not have a heavy center
line; the date in the last line reads 16th.
October 1830, whereas in the engraved version,
the date appears as 16. October 1830; etc. Peters,
America on Stone, p. 280: "The Mesiers produced an
enormous mass of lithographed sheet music at 28 Wall
Street, but there are also other prints of interest... They
were important, early, and their work is scarce and almost
always of interest."
($1,000-2,000)
1832
72. [MAP]. HINTON, SIMPKIN & MARSHALL
(publishers). Map of the United States of America, and
Nova Scotia. London, 1832. Engraved map. 25.5 x 40.1 cm
(10 x 15-7/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch = 100 miles. Inset map:
Continuation of the Western Territory on a
Reduced Scale. Ornate lettering in title. Lower right:
Engraved & Printed by Fenner Sears &
Co. Lightly browned at center fold,
otherwise fine.
This map
appeared in An Atlas of the United States of North
America (London & Philadelphia, 1832). Phillips,
Atlases 3691. The little inset of the Pacific
Northwest is interesting for showing the northern boundary
at 54° 40' and the western boundary between the U.S.
and Spain in 1819. The boundaries of the U.S. are indicated
with a dash-and-dot line pattern. The western boundary
question seems uppermost in the mind of the mapmaker, and
the little inset of the Western Territory overlays the
western half of Texas. Texas is labeled as Texas,
and among the locations is Austin's Town.
($50-100)
1833
FIRST ISSUE OF BURR'S LARGE-SCALE
MAP OF TEXAS
WITH A CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT MAP OF
MATAGORDA BAY
73. [MAP]. BURR, David H. Texas. New York:
J. H. Colton, 1833. Engraved map, original pale blue
shading and outlining. 43.5 x 53 cm (17-1/8 x 20-7/8
inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 50 miles. Inset:
Plan of the Port of Galveston. Creased where
formerly folded, light foxing on verso, very minor voids at
six fold intersections, small sepia ink stain at upper
ornamental border and neat line. Matted, under double-sided
glass, modern wood and gilt frame. Neat ink annotations on
the map, locating "Nacogdoches" and "Bolivar" (on the
Brazos River) and recording a compass bearing of
"28°20'" at "Passo Cavello" on the printed map (the
mouth of Matagorda Bay). Table of distances from San Felipe
to Bexar, Matamoras, and Monterrey written in pencil in the
lower right blank margin. On the verso of the printed map
is an interesting and intriguing
small manuscript map in ink of Matagorda and Lavaca
Bays (approximately 15 x 19 cm; 5-7/8 x 7-1/2 inches),
locating Indian Point and other sites in the bays, with a
few other contemporary notes in pencil in two other hands.
An exceedingly rare map, even more so than the various
issues of Stephen F. Austin's map of Texas.
The
importance and value of Burr's landmark map of Texas are
well established (see final paragraph of this description).
What makes this copy of the Burr map even more special is
the presence of the manuscript map of Matagorda and Lavaca
Bays on the verso. The rendering is similar to a portolan
chart and appears to have been drawn by someone with
first-hand knowledge of the Bay and its navigational
vagaries and hazards, perhaps to show another Texas
immigrant or sea captain how to safely enter the harbor at
Matagorda. This excellent little map appears to be
contemporary with the printed map, and apparently predates
1841/1842 (Port Lavaca, which is not shown, was founded in
1841 in the aftermath of the 1840 Comanche raid on nearby
Linnville; Port Lavaca was named in 1841 and laid out by
1842).
Although
quickly drawn and annotated, the manuscript map is a very
accurate representation of the important features of the
Bay, showing hazards and sailing bearings of Matagorda and
Lavaca Bays (much more accurate than Burr's rendering on
the printed map). The person who created the manuscript
portolan accurately depicts the several lesser bays and
points within Matagorda and Lavaca Bays, specifically
naming Indian Point, Cox's Point, Sand Point, and South
Point (at the entrance to the Bay). Matagorda is shown as a
sizeable town. Shoals and bars are represented by dotted
lines. The seaward shore of Matagorda Island has the
bearing SWW (southwest by west) indicating the lay of the
shore. The safe route for a boat entering from the Gulf to
anchorage at Matagorda is shown with a dotted line labeled
"Ships Track." The approach to the harbor is noted as NWN
(northwest by north), and the correct bearing for actual
entry is given as "28°20'" (which is repeated in an ink
note on the face of the printed map). A most curious note
on the map is a bold circle on Matagorda Island with the
name "Camp on Pin sula." One can only guess whether this
was to show a suggested camping ground or to mark the
presence of an existing camp.
Matagorda
and Lavaca Bays, with their ports and landings that are
shown on the manuscript map, were extremely important in
the early history of Texas as major point of entry for
Anglo and other immigrants. The Colorado River, which flows
into Matagorda Bay, was a major route to the burgeoning
Anglo colonies in Texas in the early 1830s. The bays were a
challenge to navigate, with a difficult passage and
entrance having many treacherous bars and shallows;
nevertheless, they provided the safest, most convenient
harbors on the most direct route to Austin's colonies. By
1832, Matagorda had some 1,400 residents. As early as 1836,
Mary Austin Holley reported a population of 200 at Cox's
Point, another major point of entry for American
immigrants.
Another
site specifically named by the creator of the manuscript
map is Indian Point. This manuscript map is one of the few
maps to contain a specific reference to "Indian Point"one
of the most interesting and colorful sites of Texas
geography and history. LaSalle's last ship ran aground near
the site in February in 1686. Prince Carl of
Solms-Braunfels landed at Indian Point in 1844 with one
hundred German families. The town of Indian Point (later
Indianola) was founded in 1846. During the Mexican-American
War, Indian Point became firmly established as a deep-water
port, achieving the rank of one of the two top ports in
Texas. Indianola was tragically destroyed in two
devastating hurricanes (1875 and 1886) and never rebuilt.
For more on the sites located on the manuscript map on the
verso of the Burr map, see, among others, The Handbook
of Texas Online (Matagorda, Indianola, Cox Point,
Linnville, Port Lavaca, and Calhoun County).
Also on the
verso are penciled notes in two different hands. One note
is the title "Recopilacion de las layes [sic] de Indias."
Above this, in a second hand are the city names "Mobile,"
"Washington," and "Boston," and below is a reckoning of
persons' names and dollar amounts. One might speculate that
the former could represent ports of call of a ship bound
for Matagorda, and the latter possibly represent pay rates
for her crew. Another theory about this map that has been
offered (which we have not been able to substantiate) is
that the manuscript map might have been created by or under
the direction of A. C. Allen, who with his brother John K.
Allen, founded the city of Houston in 1836. After the Allen
brothers arrived in Texas in 1832, they settled briefly at
San Augustine and then in Nacogdoches in 1833. The Allen
brothers set out to acquire prime coastal real estate in
Texas and began exploring the possibilities. We can only
conclude there is research remaining to be done on the
present copy of Burr's highly important map, and that this
is a highly unusual copy.
Working on
the basis of what actually is present on the map, we can
state that for its purpose, the manuscript map on the verso
is a more accurate representation of Matagorda and Lavaca
Bays than found on most other contemporary maps of Texas
drawn by professional cartographers. For all the importance
of the Matagorda area as an entry point for shipping and
immigrants, it is Galveston that usually drew the
professional cartographers' attention, as is demonstrated
by the inset on the Burr map. But for those who actually
brought the goods and settlers to Texas, the matter of
accurate knowledge of the harbor at Matagorda was important
enough that in one case at least, it was shared in a map on
the back of what is now an extremely rare pre-Republic
map.
First
state of one of the most important and handsome maps of
Texas ever printed. Bryan & Hanak 22. Contours of
Discovery, p. 53: "[Burr's] early map of Texas remains
a standard view of the area on the eve of the Revolution."
Crossroads of Empire, p. 32: "The map also
contributes an outstanding inset map of Galveston Bay drawn
by Alexander Thompson, an American who was a captain in the
Texas Navy." Martin & Martin 30, color plate (p. 123):
"Anglo-Americans in the early decades of the nineteenth
century reacted quickly to the opportunities to settle in
the rich lands made available to them through empresario
contracts in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Stephen
F. Austin's 1830 map of Texas, showing his two grants and
one to Green DeWitt, aroused great interest in Texas, both
on the part of potential settlers as well as in the
American government itself. In 1833, the Geographer to the
United States House of Representatives, David H. Burr,
updated Austin's earlier effort with a new map of Texas
showing seventeen land grants.... With the inclusion of the
new land grants, his map documented the explosion of
immigration into Texas."
Streeter,
p. 329 (designating the Burr map as one of the six most
important maps especially desirable for a Texas collection)
& 1134 (locating only the Yale copy): "The Burr map of
1833 is the first large scale map of Texas, as
distinguished from a general map, to show all of Texas to
the Arkansas River and also includes all of the Texas
Panhandle.... The Burr map, like the Austin map, is one of
the landmarks of Texas cartography." Taliaferro 247 (citing
the 1835 issue) and p. 15n (designating Burr's map as
important for its contribution to Texas geography as a
whole and providing a "valuable record of the social and
political evolution of the state during the crucial years
when much of its territory was first settled by a
population of European origin." ($150,000-250,000)
FIRST BOOK ON TEXAS BY AN
ANGLO-AMERICAN
WITH THE HOOKER MAP
74. [BOOK]. HOLLEY, Mary Austin. Texas.
Observations, Historical, Geographical and Descriptive, in
a Series of Letters. Baltimore: Armstrong &
Plaskitt, 1833. 167 pp., engraved folding map on thin paper
(Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas, W. Hooker
Sculpt.. 26.4 x 33.8 cm; 10-3/8 x
13-5/16 inches; scale: 1 inch = approximately 90 miles).
16mo, original brown cloth (rebacked, original spine
preserved). Binding light (perhaps faded from plum to
brown, remains of gilding on upper cover). Some staining
and rubbing, hinges reinforced, occasional foxing, overall
very good, in original binding, the map excellent
condition, crisp and in a fine impression.
First
edition, the issue with copyright notice pasted in (on
a slip tipped in before the dedication leaf to Col. Stephen
F. Austin; no priority established), the map with W.
Hooker Sculpt. in imprint,
Beales and Rayuelas [sic] Grant, and the
other changes outlined by Streeter (see Streeter 1136).
Basic Texas Books 93B: "The first book on Texas by
an Anglo-American. A key force in inducing subsequent
immigration to Texas. Austin guided [Holley] in every
aspect of the writing of her book, which she dedicated to
him. His map of Texas, the best by far up to that time, was
reprinted in smaller format for use in the book with
corrections given by Austin to Holley." Howes H593.
Martin
& Martin, p. 32: "In 1833, Austin's cousin Mary Austin
Holley produced a promotional tract on Texas which, because
Tanner refused Austin permission to use his map for the
purpose, was issued with an accompanying map by William
Hooker, which was clearly based on Austin's sources."
Sibley, Travelers in Texas, pp. 178-79: "Mary Austin
Holley opened the great era of travel literature in Texas
with Texas: Observations, Historical, Geographical and
Descriptive. Her books are standard sources for the
later Mexican period because they are based on the writer's
observations and information obtained from her cousin,
Stephen Fuller Austin." Streeter 1135 (selected as one of
the books "especially desirable for a Texas collection. One
of my favorite books on life and travel in Texas"-pp.
327-28): "The first book in English entirely on Texas. For
a long time, I have regarded it as one of the Texas
classics." Taliaferro 241: "Hooker's map is one of the
earliest maps of Texas to show all of Texas to the Arkansas
River, including the Panhandle." Vandale 87. For other
issues of the Hooker map, see Items 78 and 89 herein.
($7,500-15,000)
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