Texas State Archives Map Collection



Carte de Texas. Subtitle: Extrarte de la grande Carte de Mexique
Date: 1840
Publisher: Published in Paris, 1840.
Cartographer: Brue, Adrien Hubert
Scale: 1 inch = 20 Sp. leagues
Size: 27 cm x 33 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: French
AC Number: 00044
Photo Media: 4 x 5 color transparency, photo no. 2002/1-29-1
File Size: 30.45 MB

Carte de Texas. Subtitle: Extrarte de la grande Carte de Mexique Image:

Description:
Translation of titles: (Map of Texas. Exerpt from the great Map of Mexico) Covers parts of Louisiana, New Mexico, Mexico, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory in addition to Texas. Shows rivers, lakes, mountainous areas, cities, towns, roads--including the Old San Antonio Road, the Old Mexican Garrison on the Brazos, forts, railroads--operating and proposed, buffalo herds, and Indian tribes and villages. This map is in French. Long. 92 - 108 deg. This map was published in Coup D'Oeil Historique et Statisque surle Texas, by Henri Fournel (Paris, 1841). 4/2/82 Revised 10/22/97

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