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17 maps extracted from James K. Polk's Message from the President

1848ref. 70172Washington 1848. Caption titles of the maps listed below in chronological order according to the date of the action described in the map; almost all bear the lithographer's slug. Several have tears in marginal folds and a few show some foxing one uniformly browned. All are serviceable examples almost all very good. 1 Sketch of the Actions Fought at San Pascal in Upper California between the Americans and Mexicans Dec. 6th & 7th 1846 caption title. 11 x 7 ¾ inches neatline. 2 Sketch of the Passage of the Rio San Gabriel Upper California by the Americas Discomfiting the Opposing Mex. Forces Jan 8th 1847 caption title. From a sketch by Lt. Emory. P. S. Duval Lith. Phil. 6 3/8 x 8 ¼ inches neatline. 3 Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles Upper California Fought between the Americans and Mexicans Jany 9th 1847 caption title. From a sketch of Emory. 5 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches neatline. 4 Sketch Accompanying Col. Price's Despatch of 15th Feb. 1847 caption title. 8 1/8 x 5 ¾ inches neatline. 5 Linnard Capt. T. B. Plan of the Battle of Buena-Vista Fought February 22nd and 23rd 1847 caption title. Surveyed by Capt. Linnard & Lts. Pope & Franklin. Lith of P. S. Duval Phil. Notes in several margins. 16 ¼ x 20 inches neatline. 6 Sketch of the Battle of Sacramento Feb. 28th 1847 caption title. Printed note of the battle in lower margin. 12 ½ x 9 ½ inches neatline. 7 Coppee Lt. H. Survey of the Mexican Lines of Defence at Cerro Gordo and the Lines of Attack of the American Army under Major General Scott. On the 17th and 18th of April 1847 caption title. Surveyed by Major Turnbull and Capt. McClellan Top. Engineers. Lith of P. S. Duval Phil. 12 ¼ x 18 ¾ inches neatline. 8 Sketch Accompanying Col. Price's Despatch of 18 April 1847 caption title. P. S. Duval Lith Phil. 9 ½ x 11 ½ inches neatline. 9 Map of the California coast supplied title. June 19th 1847. Table in lower margin recording distances between towns and number of men available in each. Lith of P. S. Duval Phil. 14 ½ x 11 ¾ inches neatline. 10 Hardcastle Lt. Edmund. Battles of Mexico Line of Operations of the U. S. Army under the Command of Major General Winfield Scott on the 19th and 20th of August 1847 caption title. Surveyed by Major Turnbull Capt. McClellan and Lt. Hardcastle. Lith of P. S. Duval Phil. 23 ½ x 28 ½ inches neatline. 11 Hardcastle Lt. Edmund. Map of Genl. Worth's Operations on the 20th of Augt. 1847 caption title. Surveyed by Capt. Mason of Engineers and Lt. Hardcastle of Top. Engrs. 18 ½ x 30 ¾ inches neatline. 12 Hardcastle Lt. Edmund. Battle of Molino Del Re: Sketch of the Operations of the 1st Division United States Army under the Command of General Worth on the 8th Sept 1847 caption title. P.S. Duval Lith Phil. 19 3/8 x 12 ¼ inches neatline. 13 Hardcastle Lt. Edmund. Battles of Mexico Line of Operations of the U. S. Army under the Command of Major General Winfield Scott on the 8th 12th and 13th of September 1847 caption title. Surveyed by Major Turnbull Capt. McClellan and Lt. Hardcastle. Lith of P. S. Duval Phil. 28 x 21 ½ inches neatline . 14 Pemberton Bvt. Capt. J. C. Sketch of the Route of General Worth's Column from Chapultepec to the Alameda in the Attack upon the City of Mexico 13th & 14th September 1847 caption title. 14 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches neatline. Notes in lower margin. 15 Hardcastle Lt. Edmund. Map of the Valley of Mexico caption title. Lith of P. S. Duval. 12 x 16 ¾ inches neatline. Fold separations from edges. 16 Plan Accompanying Gen. Quitman's Report caption title. Duval's Lith Press. 13 x 17 ¾ inches neatline. Notes on the battle in lower margin. Some hand coloring. Two splits through margin at folds uniformly browned. 17 Sketch Accompanying Col. Price Despatch caption title. 9 ½ x 11 ½ inches neatline For the lot of 17 maps unknown books

Bartlebys Books · Estados Unidos450,00 US$≈ 401,25 €

Allied Operational Maps/ Eastern BlocABAA

Archive of 6 original Allied Operational Maps Document both the liberation of Central Europe by US Forces and the swift geopolitical transformation that consigned much of that terrain to the Soviet Eastern Bloc

1939ref. 144331939. Archive of six large original World War II-era maps used by a United States Army soldier in the European Theater of Operations during the Allied liberation of Europe. Lithographed maps various issuers 1938-1939 wartime use 1944-1945. Beyond their immediate tactical utility these maps occupy a pivotal geopolitical moment. The Czech sheets document territories liberated by American forces in May 1945 particularly around Plzeň which marked the effective western limit of U.S. advance before demarcation lines were fixed with Soviet forces. Within months these same regions fell firmly within the Soviet sphere of influence formalized through postwar agreements and culminating in the 1948 Communist coup in Czechoslovakia. Cartographically borders administrative divisions and place names shifted to reflect the new socialist state while subsequent Eastern Bloc map production emphasized different political geographies aligned with Moscow. Thus these pre-Communist and German-printed sheets capture a fleeting interstice: cities momentarily under American military administration before incorporation into the Soviet Eastern Bloc. The 1938 promotional map of Czechoslovakia preserves the nation's pre-Munich territorial identity prior to its partition under Nazi pressure while the 1939 Hamburg map reflects the industrial heartland of the Third Reich before Allied devastation and Germany's eventual division into East and West. In this sense the archive charts not only wartime movement but the rapid redrawing of Europe's political landscape-where American operational cartography was almost immediately superseded by Cold War boundary-making. Sizes range from 19" x 24" to 34" x 22". The archive comprises detailed city and regional maps of western Czechoslovakia-Město Teplá 19" x 24" Plzeň Sheet 4151 24" x 19" black and white with green overlay Horšovský Týn Sheet 4150 24" x 19" and Kralovice Sheet 4051-together with a large 1938 promotional map of Czechoslovakia 34" x 22" and a 1939 German-printed map of Hamburg 28" x 24". All are original period printings retained by the soldier following his service. Good overall with expected wartime folds creasing and moderate wrinkling from field use and storage; no significant losses observed. A rare and materially resonant survival of Allied operational maps that document both the liberation of Central Europe and the swift geopolitical transformation that consigned much of that terrain to the Soviet Eastern Bloc rendering these sheets artifacts of a brief and transitional military presence. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · Estados Unidos750,00 US$≈ 668,75 €

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