A new map of Texas, Oregon, and California with the regions adjoining

Title:

A new map of Texas, Oregon, and California with the regions adjoining

Creator:

Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868

Abstract:

This landmark 1846 map shows the United States’ expanding frontier: the northern and southern paths of “Fremont’s route” through “Indian Territory”; a caravan route from Missouri to Santa Fe; and the Great Spanish Trail from California to Sana Fe. Texas, now part of the United States and occupying its greatest area, appears in a “stove pipe” shape, with its claims extending past the upper reaches of the Río Grande. These claims were dropped as part of the Compromise of 1850 in return for federal assumption of Texas’s public debt. The map also shows early counties across Texas.

Issued:

1846

Subject:

West (U.S.)--Historical geography--Maps, West United States, and Historical geography

Rights:

A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial:

West (U.S.)

Coverage:

(W 133°--W 87°/N 55°--N 26°)

Attribution:

Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868, Burroughs, H. N., and A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Description:

Held in the Floyd and Louise Chapman Texas and Borderlands Collection at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives on the campus of Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas.

Exhibit Tags:

Shape of Texas

Call Number:

G4050 1846 .M5

Contributor:

Burroughs, H. N.

Language:

eng