Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico, California &c.

Attribution:

John Disturnell

Date:

1847

Description:

Engraved by the New York publishing firm of White, Gallaher and White in 1828, John Disturnell’s plates went largely ignored until the outbreak of the U.S. war with Mexico. Beginning in 1846, and issued approximately thirty times until the early 1860s, the highly outdated map became a resource for both nations during the negotiations of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This 1847 issue shows independent Texas at its largest extent, and Alta California and New Mexico as part of Mexico.

Bib. Reference:

Nueva York: J. Disturnell

Bancroft call number:

G4410 1847.D5

Digital image courtesy of:

The Huntington Library