COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Date:
1807
Short Title:
Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne.
Publisher:
F. Schoell
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
43
Scale 1:
1,750,000
Note:
Three separate maps show the route from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Map six is the route from Mexico to Durango, seven from Durango to Chihuahua, and eight from Chihuahua to Santa Fe. Mines, ranchos, haciendas, villages and towns are shown.
Reference:
Wheat 272-5; WC 7a:3a:1; Streeter Texas 1042n.
Country:
Mexico
State/Province:
New Mexico
City:
Mexico City (Mexico)
City:
Santa Fe (N.M.)
Full Title:
Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne jusqu'a S. Fe de Nouveau Mexique. Dressee sur les Journaux de Don Pedro de Rivera et en partie sur les Observations Astronomiques de Mr. de Humboldt. 6-8. Dessine et redige par F. Friesen, a Berlin 1807.
List No:
0328.008
Series No:
14
Engraver or Printer:
Friesen, F.
Engraver or Printer:
Rivera, Pedro de
Publication Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Pub Date:
1811
Pub Title:
Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne, Fonde Sur Des Observations Astronomiques, Des Mesures Trigonometriques Et Des Nivellemens Barometriques. Par Al. De Humboldt. Paris, Chez F. Schoell, Rue Des Fosses-Saint-Germain-L'Auxerrois, No. 29. 1811. De L'Imprimerie De J.H. Stone.
Pub Reference:
Wheat 272-5; WC 7a:3a:1; Streeter Texas 1042n.
Pub Note:
First French edition (although some copies have 1808 on the title page). Stamp of Russian Imperial Library at Tsarkoe Selo. This atlas has the important "Carte Generale du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne" on two large folio sheets, originally drawn by Humboldt in 1803-4. Arrowsmith and Pike used this map as a base for their maps of Mexico and the southwest. Maps are without color and bound in full brown leather covered boards with "Voyage De Humboldt Et Bonplan. Atlas Geographique Et Physique Du Royaume De La Nouvelle-Espagne." stamped on the spine in black ink.
Pub List No:
0328.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
16
Pub Height cm:
57
Pub Width cm:
42
Image No:
0328008
Authors:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Carte de la Route qui mene depuis la Capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne.
