Texas State Archives Map Collection



Mapa Original de Texas
Date: 1829
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: Austin, Stephen Fuller
Scale: none given
Size: 76 cm x 64 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: black & white, manuscript
Language: Spanish
AC Number: 00917
Photo Media: full size b&w neg., photo no. 1990/93-4
File Size: 114.51 MB

Mapa Original de Texas Image:

Description:
Translation of title: (Original Map of Texas) Note: "Presented to his Excellency the President, by the author in 1829" Manuscript map covering parts of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas in addition to Texas. Shown are rivers, lakes, mountainous and forested areas, towns, missions, presidios, roads, iron mines, and Indian tribes and villages. Notes, scattered throughout the map, are given on wild life, topographic features, and other items. The Panhandle and west Texas are not shown. This map is in Spanish. Long. 93 - 102 deg. 8/24/82 Revised 10/15/97

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