Subject: Texas
Period: 1852 (dated)
Publication: Mitchell's School and Family Geography
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.6 x 8.1 inches
26.9 x 20.6 cm
Fine map of Texas filled with a remarkable amount of information for a school atlas map. Details include Indian tribes, watershed, counties, cities and towns, wagon roads or trails, and more. The Salt Plains lay to the east of the Staked Plain, and much of central Texas is labeled Rolling Table Lands. The hills are shown through hachure. With insets of the panhandle and the vicinity of Galveston. The county development is consistent with 1856, with several newly organized counties including El Paso, Kerr, Atascosa, Brown, and more. Engraved by J.H. Young.
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Condition: B+
On a lightly toned sheet with faint soiling and a minor damp stain that just enters the neatline at top right.