Map of the State of Texas: from the Latest Authorities Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Map of the State of Texas: from the Latest Authorities
  • Added Title Northern Texas: on the same scale as the larger Map
  • Added Title Map of the Vicinity of Galveston City

Creator

  • Cartographer: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Engraver: Hazzard, J. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: sculp.

Publisher

  • Name: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
    Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date

  • Creation: 1852
  • Digitized: 2004-10-23

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Map of the state of Texas, with counties outlined and colored in the eastern half of the state. It includes labels for major cities, railway lines, and geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. The northern portion of the Texas panhandle is marked in an inset in the upper-left corner of the sheet. A second inset in the lower-left corner provides detailed views of the city of Galveston and the surrounding area. Text above the inset describes the railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850.
  • Physical Description: 1 map : hand col. ; 36 x 37 cm., on sheet 35 x 44 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Texas -- Maps.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Place Box: northlimit=35; eastlimit=-93.445312; southlimit=25.932359; westlimit=-106.848633;
  • Time Period: tex-land
  • Time Period: tex-fron
  • Coverage Date: 1852/1853

Collection

  • Name: Rare Book and Texana Collections
    Code: UNTRB

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • OCLC: 10977928
  • Other: G4030 1852 .Y68 1853
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth2434

Note

  • Display Note: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
  • Display Note: 23 INTX
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