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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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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 17-5345Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Stone, William James, 1798-1865.
  • Abert, John James, 1788-1863.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
  • United States. War Department.
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
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. 478
New 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
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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
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