Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography

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Lot 14
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Hall, James, and J. P. Lesley

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600 - 800 USD
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Description

  • Map Illustrating the General Geological features of the Country West of the Mississippi River. Compiled from the Survey's of W. H. Emory and from the Pacific Railroad Surveys & other sources. New York: Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp, [1857]
  • paper, ink
Lithographed map (22 1/8 x 24 5/8 in.; 562 x 625 mm), drawn on stone by Thomas Jekyll, full contemporary handcoloring. 

Handsomely framed and glazed with UVIII Plexiglass.

Catalogue Note

"This map by Professor James Hall is one of the first geological maps of Western United States and Mexico. Based upon William Emory’s map, this 12-color geological map was included in Volume II of Emory’s Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey of 1857. Professor Hall highlighted the mineral resources west of the Mississippi River and this map helped spur the westward migration, expansion and settlement of the United States" (Yana & Marty Davis Map Collection, Museum of the Big Bend).