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Steve Hoffenberg. Drawing the Line: War, Treaty and Exploration.
May 16
Map May-hem 2023: Maps of the American West
The Rocky Mountain Map Society, in conjunction with History Colorado, presents a month-long series of lectures focusing on the mapping of the American West.
Map May-hem 2023: Maps of the American West
The Rocky Mountain Map Society, in conjunction with History Colorado, presents a month-long series of lectures focusing on the mapping of the American West.
May 16
Steve Hoffenberg. Drawing the Line: War, Treaty and Exploration.
American expansionism in the 1840’s was punctuated by the annexation of Texas and war between Mexico and the United States. Hostilities were settled by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that defined the vast and often poorly understood lands ceded to the US. Attached to the treaty was Disturnell’s 1847 map of Mexico and the American West intended to detail an agreed upon border. Errors in the map proved problematic in settling and marking the US -Mexican boundary that eventually required amendment of the original agreement. This presentation will address a complex period in our history and focus on the cartography of the War, the Treaty and intense topographical explorations of the period.
Stephen Hoffenberg, MD is an emergency physician retired from practice in Denver, CO. He is a long-term map collector and member of the Rocky Mountain Map Society. His interests include North American cartography, the French and Indian Wars, the Fur Trade and in particular US Western government exploration documents and maps. His presentations have included the “Cartography of the Indian Country”, “The Trans-Appalachian West of Lewis Evans” and. “The 1850 Topographical Engineers – A Map of National Identity”.
