Antique Map of North Amerca Prior to the Mexican-American War 1838 First Edition of Pierre M. Lapie Map

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North america prior to the mexican-american war.
a extremely rare original 1838 first edition of a pierre m. Lapie map.
… Read more North america prior to the mexican-american war.
a extremely rare original 1838 first edition of a pierre m. Lapie map.
états-unis d´ameriqoe, canada, nouveau-brunswick et partie de la nouvelle - bretagne

this 1838 lapie map denotes the united states of america prior to the mexican-american war.
ten years later in 1848 it was the end of the mexican-american war, mexico conceded 55% of its territories and the usa gained more than half a million square miles. Which are now the states of california, nevada, utah, new mexico, arizona, colorado, oklahoma, kansas, and wyoming all became american states.

the cartographer pierre lapie was born in 1779 and died in 1850. He was a cartographer and engraver firstly but was also a commissioned officer in the french army. He also held the numerous posts in the topographique war ministry.
his son alexandre lapie 1800 – 1871, also an officer in the french army and a cartographer who held the rank of “first geographer to the king” even though the french revolution was over before he was born. The last king, louis the xvi was executed in 1793.
during his military career he was made a “knight of the legion of honour” he was also a member of the “geographical society”
between father and son both working together they produced many beautiful atlases and maps and had a very strong influence upon the commercial german map publishers in the early part of the 19th century.



the actual page dimensions h. 26.75” (68cm) x w. 20” (51cm)
actual map dimension h. 21.5” (53.5cm) x w. 15” (39.5cm) See less