Mexico -- Arrowsmith, Aaron
£13,750
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
A new map of Mexico and adjacent provinces compiled from original documents. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1810. Large engraved map on 4 sheets, each sheet 663 x 830mm., joined as two, hand-coloured in outline
Footnote
Note: A rare and important map of Texas and the southwest. Arrowsmith's map was bitterly criticized by Baron Alexander von Humboldt as a blatant plagiarism of his own maps. This was the first large-scale map to depict the important discoveries of Pike and Humboldt in the Southwest, and it became the most influential and widely copied map of the region in the era. . By combining the best parts of Humboldt's and Pike's maps and avoiding their errors, and by adding his own new information, Arrowsmith contributed a significantly improved depiction of the region.