WYLD, James Sr. (1790-1836).
Mexico the British Possessions in North America and the United States . . . 1846.
Engraved case map; printed on two sheets, dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen, edged in green silk, contemporary outline handcoloring.
London: 1846.
56 7/8" x 53" sheet, 60" x 64" framed.

Map made for the British People published at the onset of the Mexican War showing the battle for one of their two most important sources of Cotton for their Industrial Mills.

"A VERY BEAUTIFUL MAP IN THE BEST OF WYLD'S CARTOGRAPHIC STYLE," which is in actuality a reduced reissue of his 1824 Map of North America without the top sheet of the Arctic region (Rumsey). Wyld's 1846 Map of the Mexico and the United States is one of the rarest and most fascinating maps of the region from the period. This version "updates some of the western geography, showing the Tule Lakes in California, Fremont's or South Pass, F[or]ts Hall and Boise and the Oregon Trail. However, it keeps the outdated topography of the Great Basin and California used in the 1824 edition" (Rumsey). Accompanied by the original diaper-patterned maroon cloth case with Wyld's paper label lettered "Mexico." QUITE SCARCE. James Wyld Sr. 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.