Probst, John (sold)
John Probst (March 11, 1805 - March 11, 1896) was a German-American lithographer active in the middle part of the 19th century. Probst was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1805 and emigrated to the United States in 1831. He ran a prosperous commercial lithography studio from at least 1847 through the 1879s. Probst died on this birthday in his home at 268 Berry, Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, aged 91.
Created from a captured Mexican map.
A Correct Map of the Seat of War in Mexico. Being a Copy of General Arista's Map, taken at Resaca de la Palma, with additions and Corrections; Embellished with Diagrams of the Battles of 8th and 9th May, and Capture of Monterey, with a memorandum of forces engaged, results, etc. and Plan of Vera Cruz and Castle of San Juan de Ulua.
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This is a rare first-edition 1847 John Disturnell and Joseph Goldsborough Bruff map of the Mexico during the Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848). Depicting the region from Chihuahua to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Rio Grande to Mexico City, this map represents the most detailed cartography available to the United States Army at the beginning of the war. (more details)