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Rare first state of this fine highly detailed wall map of North America, issued in the year after the publication of the Official Account of Lewis & Clark's expedition.
Wheat notes that Brue's map of North America, along with Arrowsmith's map, were the first large format maps to adopt in great detail the official account of the expedition of Lewis & Clark up the Missouri, across the Rocky Mountains and to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. The map is a remarkable amalgam of contemporary cartographic information, reflecting the detailed work and effort by its publisher to compile information from the expeditions of Pike, Lewis & Clark and others for inclusion in this remarkable large format map.
Andre Hubert Brué was a French geographer and cartographer. Born in Paris, he served in the French Navy, joining the Baudin expedition to the Pacific (1800-1804). After his sea service, Brué applied his navigation and charting skills to creating finely-crafted maps, which were renowned for their crisp engraving and accuracy. He drew directly on the copper of the plate, creating what he called encyprotypes. He is best known for the Atlas universal de géographie physique, politique, ancienne et moderne.
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