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America noviter delineata

Description: Map of North and South America showing political boundaries and place names. Includes inset of Greenland and illustrations of ships and sea monsters.
Date: 1633
Creator: Merian, Matthaeus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A Chart of the Gulf Stream

Description: Map of the Gulf Stream from Florida and the Bahama Islands at lower left of map, up along the coast of North America, and to Newfoundland and the Grand Banks at upper right of map, as charted by Benjamin Franklin. At left side is text describing the journey from Newfoundland west and south along the Atlantic coast. In the text, "Gulf" is spelled "Gulph" Labrador is labeled as "Land of the Eskimaux's". Inset at upper left is a map of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the Gulf Stream.
Date: 1786
Creator: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Mexico or New Spain.

Description: Map of New Spain. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Philadelphia and London. Hand colored. Insets: Costa Rica, Veragua, Darien.
Date: 1814
Creator: Lewis, Samuel
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Mexico and West Indies

Description: Color map showing the West Indies, Central America, northern South America, Southwest U.S. and Mexico showing place names, political boundaries, rivers and some roads in 1824. Relief shown by hachures.
Date: 1824
Creator: Smith, J.
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An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment"

Description: "Object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country; and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of 'The Experiment'"
Date: 1835
Creator: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836
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Texian Loan Agreement

Description: Certificate issued to Robert Triplett acknowledging the first installment of a payment on a loan from the Government of Texas, with details about the loan agreement.
Date: January 11, 1836
Creator: Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Description: Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 1837
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
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History of South America and Mexico ; comprising their discovery, geography, politics, commerce and revolutions. By Hon. John M. Niles. To which is annexed, A geographical and historical view of Texas, with a detailed account of the Texian revolution and war. By Hon. L. T. Pease.

Description: Hand drawn color map of Mexico and the Republic of Texas as of 1838. Includes political boundaries, cities, and rivers.
Date: 1838
Creator: Niles, John M. (John Milton)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix.

Description: Book outlining the history of the Texas Revolution and a description of Texas geography, with a map, as well as an appendix containing personal accounts and text excerpts about specific events.
Date: 1838
Creator: Newell, Chester
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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