Texas Southeast - Austin 1822
- Old State Map - Texas Southeast - Austin 1822 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on high-quality gloss paper, art paper or canvas.
Print Size: 23.00 x 30.38 inches
The following towns are featured: a reproduction of an extremely rare manuscript map, hand drawn by the Father of Texas- Stephen F. Austin. This map shows the sparsely settled Northeastern frontier of Mexico, mapped when Stephen F. Austin visited there in 1821-1822 to locate and confirm a colonization grant originally made to his father. As a result of his travels, he prepared a manuscript map showing settlements in eastern Texas, annotated to show different types of vegetation, including prairie land in yellow and wood land in green - making it one of the earliest examples of American thematic mapping. This map of the Mexican province of Texas includes streams, forests, plains, pictorial representation of mountains, European and Native American settlements, and roads including Camino de Comanches, Camino que va ? los Opelousas, and Camino que va ? Nachistoches. This map recognizes the R?o Nueces as the boundary between the province of Texas and the adjacen
SKU: TXZZ0086
Original Maps are often difficult to find and usually have fold lines, identifying stamps or markings, tears, ragged edges, and assorted other natural signs of age that detract from their beauty. All of our maps have been professionally restored to depict their original beauty, while keeping all historical data intact.
These maps are fabulous pieces of history full of information useful to Historians, Genealogists, Cartographers, Relic Hunters, & Others. They make fascinating conversation pieces and splendid works of art for the home or office.