1840 Amerique Septentrionale

This is an authentic, antique map of North America in the mid nineteenth century. The map, notated in French, was created by V. Levasseur and published out of Paris in 1840. This is lavishly illustrated decorative map details the continent from the Arctic Regions, beautifully depicted in the north, to the northern edge of South America in the south. The territorial claim of the United States runs to the Pacific Northwest to include present-day Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Though not identified by color, Texas had recently secured its independence from Mexico and was now entrenched in war with the Comanche and Kiowa tribes, who were ironically the reason Mexico initially welcomed American settlers in Texas. Mexico still expends as far north to include all of the American Southwest and would remain so until the signing of the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo in February of 1848. Arctic Exploration and Northwest Passage Finally, we look to the North American Arctic region,