Texas State Archives Map Collection



Mexican Derroterro of 1843
Date: 1843
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 20 miles
Size: 34 cm x 26 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: black & white, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: Spanish
AC Number: 07101
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Mexican Derroterro of 1843 Image:
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Description:
This map covers parts of Texas and northern Mexico. Shows rivers, creeks, mountains, terrain, cities and towns, routes and trails, roads, and battlegrounds. Insets: 1) Copia del Croquis de la Cuidad de Tampico, de Tamaulipas; 2) Plan de Galveston. Also included is a Table of Distances. Accompanying narrative text can be found in a manuscript collection, Old Maps of the Southwest. This is a reproduction of a manuscript map in the map collection at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Long 96 - 106 deg. 10 sheets, each 34 cm x 26 cm. Size of the original, 66 cm x 94 cm. 12/29/89

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