COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Route d' Acapulco a Mexico.
Obj Height cm:
45
Obj Width cm:
20
Scale 1:
825,000
Note:
A map showing the route from Acapulco to Mexico City. The map includes cities, towns, villages, mines, farms, and astronomical observatory points. Uncolored.
Reference:
Wheat 272-5; WC 7a:3a:1; Streeter Texas 1042n.
Full Title:
Carte Reduite de la Route d' Acapulco a Mexico, Dresee sur des Observations Astronomiques et sur un nivellement Barometrique par A. de Humboldt. 5. Dessine par A. de Humboldt, a Berlin 1807. Grave par Barriere et l'Ecriture par L. Aubert.
List No:
0328.007
Series No:
13
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 Maps:
16
Pub Height cm:
57
Pub Width cm:
42
Image No:
0328007
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Publisher Location:
Paris
Publisher:
F. Schoell
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
Mexico
City:
Acapulco (Mexico)
City:
Mexico City (Mexico)
Engraver or Printer:
Aubert, L.
Engraver or Printer:
Barriere
Publication Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Date:
1807
Route d' Acapulco a Mexico.
