Texas State Archives Map Collection
Tracing from Melish Map with Kansas and the Panhandle of Texas plotted thereon. Showing the disputed territory.
| Date: | 1818 |
| Publisher: | -- None Listed -- |
| Cartographer: |
Melish, John, 1818 (tracing of his map) |
| Scale: | none given |
| Size: | 47 cm x 49 cm |
| Type of Map: | boundary |
| Format: | black & white, manuscript |
| Language: | English |
| AC Number: | 00376 |
| Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
| File Size: | 19.77 MB |
Tracing from Melish Map with Kansas and the Panhandle of Texas plotted thereon. Showing the disputed territory. Image:
Description:
Covers the area known as Texas and extends northward through Kansas. The 100th meridian on the map represents part of the boundary between the United States and Spain, as specified in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. Disputed territory between the Red River and the Arkansas River is labeled. Shows rivers, and Captain Zebulon Pike's route.
Long. 91 - 107 deg.
6/10/82
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