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Description

The United States, Republic of Texas and Disputed Oregon District .

Wyld's map of the United States provides a fine snapshot of the United States, Texas, Oregon and Upper California on the eve of the Mexican War.

Texas is shown in its "stove-pipe" configuration, the lands claimed by Republic immediately before its annexation by the United States in 1845.

Upper California pre-dates the discoveries of John Fremont. The mythical Rio Buenventura is shown extending from the Utah Desert to the Rio Sacramento and San Francisco Bay. To the north of the Bay, the Russian Establishment (Fort Ross) is shown.

To the north, Oregon is its own distinctive region, reflecting height of the so-called Oregon Question. From 1818 onward, the British and Americans each occupied the region here called Oregon under an agreement of Joint Occupation, while Diplomats from each country tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a boundary treaty. While the parties had agreed to the 49th Parallel as the division between the United States and Canada for the lands east of the Rocky Mountains, no fixed agreement could be reached for the stretch to the west. The matter was not resolved until the Oregon Treaty was ratified in June 1846, whereby the 49th Parallel became the primary boundary between the regions, with the British retaining all of Vancouver Island.

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Some offsetting.
James Wyld Biography

James Wyld Sr. (1790-1836) was a British cartographer and one of Europe’s leading mapmakers. He made many contributions to cartography, including the introduction of lithography into map printing in 1812.

William Faden, another celebrated cartographer, passed down his mapmaking business to Wyld in 1823. The quality and quantity of Faden’s maps, combined with Wyld’s considerable skill, brought Wyld great prestige.

Wyld was named geographer to Kings George IV and William IV, as well as HRH the Duke of York. In 1825, he was elected an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. Also in 1830, his son, James Wyld Jr., took over his publishing house. Wyld Sr. died of overwork on October 14, 1836.

James Wyld Jr. (1812-87) was a renowned cartographer in his own right and he successfully carried on his father’s business. He gained the title of Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert. Punch (1850) described him in humorous cartographic terms, “If Mr. Wyld’s brain should be ever discovered (we will be bound he has a Map of it inside his hat), we should like to have a peep at it, for we have a suspicion that the two hemispheres must be printed, varnished, and glazed, exactly like a pair of globes.”