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This is the fifty sheet 1842 edition, with fifteen maps added including the second state of the rare Map of Texas (1843) and several maps dated 1844. This edition of this atlas is unrecorded in Verner, Phillips, National Maritime Museum, and the British Museum World.
Map of Texas and the countries adjacent. LOC 2003627046.tif 9,929 × 6,580; 186.92 MB
Or you can view the entire David Rumsey Map Collection in Insight . Full David Rumsey Map Collection Catalog Record: Author: Emory, William H. Date: 1844. Short Title: Map Of Texas And The Countries Adjacent. Publisher: Washington: U.S. Type: Separate Map. Object Height cm: 54. Object Width cm: 83.
A seminal production, this 1844 large-format edition map of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. Topographical Engineer, W. H. Emory, is the most important pre-war map of Texas.
The Texas State Archives Map Collection contains original, photo-reproduced, and compiled maps covering the period from the early seventeenth through the late twentieth centuries. For general information about the holdings and descriptive information available, read the map introduction and indexes and types of maps webpages.
Made before the Compromise of 1850 reduced Texas’s boundaries to its present size, this map is one of the last to show the Republic’s claim to the upper Rio Grande, with its border extending into what is today New Mexico and Colorado.
Map showing Texas and the surrounding areas in the United States and Mexico. Geography and major cities are marked, with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
