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Description

One of the earliest obtainable maps to show United States mapped from coast to coast..

The map is especially interesting west of the Mississippi, where it shows a double wide Arkansas Territory, Oregon Territory extending from the Mississippi to the Pacific, two Salt Lakes (Timpanagos and Teguayo), connected by a river flowing to the Pacific, fabulous detail in the Pacific Northwest relying upon Lewis & Clark and the Hudson's Bay Co writings, etc. The map is one of the most detailed renderings of the drainage systems of the Rockies and Upper Mississippi prior to Nicollet. Several early settlements are shown in Texas. Including Champ D'Axile. Dark impression and very wide margined example.

Condition Description
Some marginal soiling and spotting far from the printed image.
Reference
Wheat 337.
Adrien-Hubert Brué Biography

Andre Hubert Brué was a French geographer and cartographer. Born in Paris, he served in the French Navy, joining the Baudin expedition to the Pacific (1800-1804). After his sea service, Brué applied his navigation and charting skills to creating finely-crafted maps, which were renowned for their crisp engraving and accuracy. He drew directly on the copper of the plate, creating what he called encyprotypes. He is best known for the Atlas universal de géographie physique, politique, ancienne et moderne.