1847 "Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California..." by Samuel Augustus Mitchell

Presented is the second edition of Samuel Augustus Mitchell's "Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal Travelling Routes," an important map showing the progress of the Mexican-American War. Published in 1847, this edition is revised with additional place names and significantly enlarged to include the ancillary "Map of the Principal Roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to the City of Mexico," the corresponding elevation profile below it, and an updated inset map showing the "Battle Field at Monterey" in pink at top right. The map is considered to be an adaptation of Mitchell's earlier 1846 "A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California." Cartographically, the map presents Texas in its large stovepipe configuration with its southern boundary on the Rio Grande and northern panhandle to 42º north latitude. To its west is a very narrow strip of New Mexico and vast Upper California with a red line along the Gila River. The red