Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), Carte Generale Du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne...., 1811. 12_10_24 and attention to detail

and attention to detail

The Wallammet Mountains

they formed the basis of the collection for the Smithsonian Institution

with boundaries including most of New Mexico

The Pacific marking the tracks of Cook 1776-1778

Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1769-1859), Carte Generale Du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne...., 1811. 12_10_24 and attention to detailAlexander von HUMBOLDT (1769 1859) Carte Generale Du Royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne. Engraved map on 4 sheets joined as two Paris: F. Schell, 1811 Sheet size: 22 x 32 inches each; Frame size: 29 inches x 39 inches Humboldts map of New Spain was the first modern map of the Spanish dominions in North America, and the source map for a subsequent generation of cartographers. Spanish law prohibited anyone from entering any of its vast North American