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Title: 1885 Mapa oficial del estado de Sonora República de México.../Official Map of the State of Sonora Republic of Mexico Compiled from Surveys, Reconnoissances and Other Sources. 1885 Author: Herbert, Charles E. Place: [Washington, D.C.] Publisher: Date: [1885] Description: Photolithographed map., outline color. 57.5x70.5 cm. (22¾x27¾") including decorative border. Slightly reduced re-issue of the 1884 edition of this important map, based on a very rare larger version in Spanish. While there were many reissues, all are uncommon. In its 1885 Proceedings, the Royal Geographical Society remarked of the original issue: “This map...is drawn on a larger scale than any yet published, and contains details not to be found in other maps of this same country." The map also shows the Eastern coast of Baja, California, and the far southern part of Arizona. Formerly in a folder, with trace on verso where removed, old folds. Lot Amendments Condition: Darkening at side margins with some minor chipping; very good. Item number: 211628