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| Keywords: 1810 Tardieu Map of Mexico, Texas and California - Geographicus - Mexique-tardieu-1810.jpg This is an unusual 1810 map of Mexico and the United States by the French cartographer Ambrose Tardieu Depicts all of Mexico and much of the United States shortly following the acquisition of Louisiana but prior to the acquisition of Florida Texas and Upper California This map exhibits a curious ephemeral mapping of the American Southwest based upon the Dominguez-Escalante expedition of 1776 and 1777 and Zebulon Pike's expedition of 1806 Both Lake Timpanagos Great Salt Lake and Lake Teguyo Utah Lake are appear - though both are speculative and malformed at this point Also shows are speculative courses of the Colorado River as well as apocryphal river ways running between Teguyo and San Francisco Bay Politically this map is divided between the United States pink various Spanish holdings in North America green and British claims in Central America orange A large decorative title cartouche showing dramatic mountains a beautiful waterfall and some unusual rock formations appears in the lower left quadrant 1810 undated Size in 12 5 9 5 object history credit line accession number Mexique-tardieu-1810 Malte-Brun C <i>Atlas Complet Du Precis De la Geographie Universelle De M Malte Brun dressee par M Lapie Capitaine Ingenieur Geographie</i> c 1812 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Old maps of Mexico 1810 maps Old maps of North America Old maps of Central America Ambroise Tardieu Maps in French Maps showing the fictive Buenaventura River | ||||
