Neueste Karte von Mexico Nach den besten Quellen entw. u. gezeiehm von Hauptm. Radefeld by Meyer, Joseph [State of Deseret] - 1850

Hildburghausen, GER: Stich, Druck und Verlag der Geographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1850. Map [29 cm x 35.5 cm] / [11" x 14"] on a single sheet [35 cm x 43 cm] / [13.5" x 17"] Hand tinted borders to Mexican states. A few short closed tears at the head in the margin (does not effect map). Rare map, that locates the shortly lived 'State of Deseret' which Brigham Young proposed in the spring of 1849. This provisional state was never recognized by the United States government, but was still located by a handful of European map makers, who wanted to provide in their mind, the most accurate map and to put it in the hands of the public at large, but specifically those who wanted to take to the Mormon, Oregon & California trails and settle in the then largely uninhabited western U.S. The dream of the State of Deseret ended in the fall of 1850, with the establishment of the Territory of Utah. Salt Lake City is located at its present location and named 'Mormonfort. Not in Moffat. Not in Wheat.