Texas State Archives Map Collection



View of the Jetties at the Mouth of the Brazos River, Texas, and of the City of Velasco and Surroundings
Date: 1891 c.
Publisher: August Gast Bank Note and Lithograph Company, St. Louis.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: none given
Size: 56 cm x 32 cm
Type of Map: birdseye view
Format: photostat, white on black
Language: English
AC Number: 06365
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

View of the Jetties at the Mouth of the Brazos River, Texas, and of the City of Velasco and Surroundings Image:
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Description:
View of the Brazos, creeks, jetties, terrain, railroads, Velasco and other cities. This view is close to a birdseye view, but does not have the right degree of inclination to qualify is as a true birdseye view. This is part of brochure containing a map of Velasco (map 6366) and of the United States (map 6367), and illustrations of Velasco and a building in the town. Published in "Velasco, the First and Only Deep Water Port of the Coast of Texas. The Commercial Hope of the Transmississippi." Signed by Louis Girard. Published by August Gast Bank Note and Lithograph Company, St. Louis. Two copies. 7/7/86

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