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Map of Texas and the countries adjacent compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers...for the State Department under the direction of Colonel J.J. Abert
- Title
- Map of Texas and the countries adjacent [cartographic material] : compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers...for the State Department under the direction of Colonel J.J. Abert / by W.H. Emory ; W.J. Stone Sc.
- Author
- Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : War Department., 1844.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 17-5345 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map; 53 x 82 cm, sheet 60 x 88 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US231.1.01
- Subjects
- Texas > Discovery and exploration > Maps
- Indians of North America > Population > Statistics > Maps
- United States > Territories and possessions > Maps
- Texas > Maps
- Maps
- Slaves > Texas > Statistics > Maps
- Texas > Boundaries > Maps
- Roads > Texas > Maps
- Texas > Population > Statistics > Maps
- Discoveries in geography > Maps
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
- Shows explorer's routes, Cross Timbers, areas of Indian habitation, roads, and trails for Texas and adjacent areas in Mexico and the United States; upper northwestern portion represented by "1" above headwaters of Rio del Norte [Rio Grande]; area north of Texas as "Proposed NE-BRAS-KA Territory."
- Includes text describing Texas, notes, area and population statistics on free whites, slaves, and Indians, distances, and authorities.
- "Published by order of the U.S. Senate."
- Indexed In (note)
- Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West.
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 17-5345
- OCLC
- 51932218
- Author
- Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887, creator.
- Title
- Map of Texas and the countries adjacent [cartographic material] : compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers...for the State Department under the direction of Colonel J.J. Abert / by W.H. Emory ; W.J. Stone Sc.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : War Department., 1844.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:4,500,000 (W 126°--W 86°/N 42°--N 22°).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West. vol. 2, no. 478New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.9, page 531, column 3, row 2
- Local Note
- NYPL copy includes outline of Texas boundary in red ink.
- Source
- US231.1.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Stone, William James, 1798-1865.Abert, John James, 1788-1863.United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.United States. War Department.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 17-5345