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Burr’s map was the first large-scale map of Texas to show all of the region extending to include the Arkansas River and the Texas Panhandle. Burr’s map formed the basis for the Young and Mitchell map, although the latter included notable improvements.
Historical Maps of Texas. Also See: Texas Historical City Maps. Early Texas: Prehistoric Texas (Texas Beyond History) Ethnolinguistic Distribution of Native Texas Indians (155K) From Atlas of Texas. Published by The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Business Research, 1976. Routes of Cabeza De Vaca, Coronado, and De Soto and Moscosco (860K)
Hand-colored map of Texas showing adjacent territories, grants, and states. Regions are shaded in various colors. Text boxes around the map include information on "Land Grants," "Rivers of Texas," and "Remarks on Texas."
Mexican Texas is the historiographical name used to refer to the era of Texan history between 1821 and 1836, when it was part of Mexico. Mexico gained independence in 1821 after winning its war against Spain, which began in 1810. Initially, Mexican Texas operated similarly to Spanish Texas.
This map shows the Texas/Mexico border at the Rio Nueces, the traditional boundary between the Mexican states of Texas and Tamaulipas, even though Texas claimed the Rio Grande as the border. Geography: Texas
25 sty 2017 · This is the only Spanish map published during the 18th century that shows Texas and the Southwest, and is the first map to spell Texas with an “x.” Formerly, Texas was identified as Provincia de los Tejas.
Austin's map embraces the developed expanse of Texas, first published prior to its independence from Mexico. As Austin intended the map to showcase Texas to new settlers, the landscape is shown in a manner as to be as inviting as possible.
