Description
Limited edition of the Mapping the Transmississippi West by Carl L. Wheat, complete with six volumes from Martino Publishing.
Quarto, [six-volumes]. Green cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Free of marks or notations. A reprint of the first edition (1957-1963), published by The Institute of Historical Cartography in San Francisco and The Grabhorn Press. This work is a limited edition of 350 copies, not individually numbered. A fine example.
The six volumes include the following works: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase 1540-1804; From Lewis and Clark to Fremont 1804-1845; From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys 1846-1854; From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civil War 1855-1860; and From the Civil War to the Geological Survey (two volumes).
