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Title: A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California, with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Place: Philadelphia Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell Date: 1846 Description: Engraved pocket map, hand-colored. 53x48.7 cm. (20¾x19¼") plus decorative border, folding into original blindstamped leather covers 13.5x8.2 cm (5¼x3¼"), along with 46 pp. text. Rare first edition of this important map of the West at a time of geographic discovery as well as political upheaval and change. The map is issued with the "Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, with the Regions Adjoining." As noted in the Accompaniment, Texas has recently been annexed into the United States, and California is in limbo, "Upper California. This part of Mexico was declared independent in 1845. It has of late attracted much attention in the United States; a number of Americans are already settled in it, and many others are preparing to emigrate thither..." Regarding Oregon, the Accompaniment declares that "the United States have an indubitable claim to the whole region of Oregon, from N. lat 42º to 54º 40', yet the government has several times proposed, from motives of accommodation, to adopt the 49th parallel of latitude as the dividing line..." The proposed boundary line along the 49th parallel is shown on the map, though the coloring of Oregon still reflects joint occupation up to N. lat 54º 40'. Wheat describes the map: "In the Upper California portion, Fremont is carefully followed, while further north Wilkes is followed. The boundary (to be) with Mexico is imperfectly shown but Texas appears with the magnified boundaries, including Santa Fe, of the 1844 Emory. The various claims to Oregon appear. The Accompaniment is of particular interest, containing perhaps the clearest statement of Oregon and California facts that came out of the period just prior to settlement of the former's boundaries and inclusion of the latter in the United States." Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California with the regions Adjoining Compiled from the most recent authorities. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell N.E. Corner of Market & Seventh Streets, 1846 | Explanations --- | Emigrant Route from Missouri to Oregon --- | [ two linear scales ] | Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by H.N. Burroughs in the clerks office of the District Court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania | [with separate text :] Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, with the Regions Adjoining. Philadelphia : S. Augustus Mitchell, N.E. Cor. Market and Seventh Sts. 1846. Provenance: Holmes, '75 References: Cowan p.433; Graff 2841; Howes M685; Wheat Transmississippi 520; Wheat Gold Rush 29; Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, Plate 36 and p 57 (Rep); California 49, map 25 (Rep). Lot Amendments Condition: Folder with top third of spine strip lacking; map with a number of 1" splits at folds; very good. Item number: 265030