Texas State Archives Map Collection



A New Map of Mexico, California, and Oregon
Date: 1848
Publisher: James, J.A. and U.P., Cincinnati, 1848.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: none given
Size: 32 cm x 24 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: black & white, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 00107
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

A New Map of Mexico, California, and Oregon Image:
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Description:
Covers Texas and New Mexico in addition to Mexico, California, and Oregon. Shows rivers, lakes, mountainous areas, the Mexican states, towns, roads, military and pioneer routes and trails-- including the Oregon Trail, forts, battlegrounds, and Indian tribes and villages. Also shown is the boundary between the U.S. and Great Britain in 1846, and 42 degree boundary of 1819. Inset: [Yucatan Peninsula.] This map is the frontispiece in "Doniphan's Expedition: Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; ... Illustrated with Plans of Battlefields, A Map, and Fine Engravings", by John T. Hughes (J.A. and G.P. James, Cincinnati, 1848). 5/4/82

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