As part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern Colombia)
due to frame rubbing
captures the topography and stratigraphy of the Aspen region at the height of its silver boom
as various boundary disputes
the map is historically important for its timing
Sharp and Fisk. Victoria Regia. 1854. rare As part of the ViceroyaltySHARP, William (1749 1824), For John Fisk Allen (1785 1865). From Victoria Regia or The Great Water Lily of America. Set of six chromolithographs. Boston, 1854 1856. dims. Comparables: Christie's, Oct 19, 1999, lot 1, $64,990; Christie's, Mar 22, 2000, lot 1, $55,300. "The most refined and elegant men and women that I have known over the last 53 years have treasured hanging this series in their home" Graham Arader IN ADDITION TO BEING THE FIRST COLOUR