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Americæ Nova descriptio

This map shows the western hemisphere including North and South America and the surrounding areas. Some regions are outlined in color and places, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked pictorially in color. There are several color illustrations of ships and creatures in the oceans. Place names are also noted. Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000].
Date: 1682
Creator: Seile, Anne, d. 1678 & Vaughan, Robert
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A plan of the city and harbour of Havana

Map shows layout of the city and port of Havana, Cuba and its military fortifications. Includes explanation of letter key and notes. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1763
Creator: London Magazine, 1732-1785
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Streights of Magellan: from the latest authorities.

Map shows detailed view of the narrow Strait of Magellan between the coasts of "Terra del Fuego" and "Patagonum Regio." Inset: [Map of southern tip of South America]. Includes notes. Relief is shown pictorially and by descriptive statement. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1790
Creator: Kincaid, Alexander, 1710 or 11 to 1777
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 1].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements along part of the South American coast. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 2].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements in the southernmost part of South America. Includes legend, text, and notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 3].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements in the northwestern part of South America. Includes legend, text, and notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 4].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements in the northeastern part of South America. Inset: "A chart of Falkland's Islands named by the French Malouine Islands and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1593." Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scales [ca. 1:8,000,000] and [ca. 1:1,530,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the countries on the South Sea from Panama to Guayquil : For the Rev. Dr. Robertson's History of America.

Map shows settlements for the Isthmus of Panama, "Kingdom of Tierra Firma," "New Kingdom of Granada," "Quito" and Peru along the northwest portion of South America; some roads and areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1795
Creator: Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish dominions in North America, middle part.

Map shows "intendancies" [of New Spain], cities and towns, mining activity, and military posts, and areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1811
Creator: Hebert, L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish dominions in North America : northern part

Map shows "intendancies" [of New Spain], cities and towns, mining activity, and military posts; northern portions of "Indendancy of S. Louis de Potosi" as savanna; areas of Native American habitation; and much of southern Louisiana [under French rule]. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1811
Creator: Hebert, L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Mexicano. (Natchitoches, La.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 19, 1813 (open access)

El Mexicano. (Natchitoches, La.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 19, 1813

Weekly newspaper from Natchitoches, Louisiana that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 19, 1813
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding the Treaty of Limits] (open access)

[Document Regarding the Treaty of Limits]

Treaty recognizing the U.S.-Mexican Border with commentary in Spanish and the text of treaties in both English and Spanish, side-by-side, including agreements signed January 12, 1828, and April 5, 1831.
Date: December 1, 1832
Creator: Fagoaga, Francisco
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plan for the better regulation of the administration of justice in Texas (open access)

Plan for the better regulation of the administration of justice in Texas

Parallel text in Spanish and English regarding the plan for better regulation of the administration of justice in Texas describing a series of decrees. The left column is in Spanish and the right column is in English.
Date: April 17, 1834
Creator: Supreme Government of the free State of Coahuila and Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Michael Reed] (open access)

[Deed for Michael Reed]

Deed for Michael Reed written and signed by Guillermo H. Steele. On verso of second page, W.D. Thomson, clerk for Milam County, certifies that he has received the deed as of August 21, 1837; Levi Pennington, clerk for Williamson Country, certifies that the deed was filed in his office as of April 4, 1857[?].
Date: December 29, 1834
Creator: Steele, Guillermo H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

South America.

Map shows major cities, coastlines, and political divisions including the Republic of Colombia, "Brasil," "Peru or Lima," "United Provinces," Patagonia, Chile, and Bolivia. Inset: "Guatemala or The Republic of Central America." Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:14,500,000] and [ca 1:15,000,000].
Date: 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record Transcript 1 (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record Transcript 1

Transcribed deeds pertaining to those portions of Bastrop County lands granted by the legislature to create Travis County in 1840. Shows name of county, date and place of execution, names of grantor and grantee, description of property conveyed, amount paid in consideration, signature of grantor, notarization, date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date filed. Transcribed in 1880.
Date: 1837/1840
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Correspondencia que ha mediado entre la Legación Extraordinaria de México y el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos sobre el paso del Sabina por las tropas que mandaba el General Gaines. (open access)

Correspondencia que ha mediado entre la Legación Extraordinaria de México y el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos sobre el paso del Sabina por las tropas que mandaba el General Gaines.

Correspondence between the Mexican delegation and the U.S. Dept. of State.
Date: 1838
Creator: Mexico. Legación (U.S.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of Mexico and the Republic of Texas.

Map shows cities and provinces of Mexico and a separate Texas with boundaries extended to the "Rio Bravo del Norte." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Map comes from History of South America and Mexico by John M. Niles.
Date: 1838
Creator: Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Central America [Map] II: Including Texas, California and the northern states of Mexico.

Map shows areas of geographical interest and areas of Native American habitation; Texas boundaries include Santa Fe. Includes historical notes and dates of exploration, key to abbreviations used. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:7,600,000].
Date: 1842
Creator: J. & C. Walker
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Central America [Map] II: Including Texas, California and the northern states of Mexico.

Map shows areas of geographical interest and areas of Native American habitation; Texas boundaries include Santa Fe. Includes historical notes and dates of exploration, key to abbreviations used. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:7,600,000].
Date: 1842
Creator: J. & C. Walker
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas and part of Mexico & the United States showing the route of the first Santa Fé expedition.

Map shows Cross Timbers, Chihuahua Trail, route of the Texan prisoners, Mr. Pike's route from Ft. Smith to Taos, route of the Santa Fe Expedition, and McGregg's route from Van Buren to Santa Fé in 1839. Relief shown by hachures. No scale given. Map comes from Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé expedition by George Wilkins Kendall.
Date: 1844?
Creator: Kemble, W. (William)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Californias.

Map shows provincial boundary lines, rivers, trails, and areas of Native American habitation in Upper and Lower California. Includes manuscript notes on boundaries proposed in 1849. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,380,000].
Date: 1845
Creator: Farnham, Thomas Jefferson, 1804-1848
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mapa de los estados unidos de Méjico.

Map shows routes of military expeditions, wagon roads, trails, areas of Native American habitation; Texas borders include Santa Fe; "Alta California" extends east to a narrow "Nueva Mexico"; "Indian Territory" and U.S. states along the Mississippi River. Includes tables of distances and statistics. Inset: "Carta de los caminos &c. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000].
Date: 1846
Creator: Disturnell, John, 1801-1877
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Republic of Rio Grande. And Friend of the People. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1846 (open access)

Republic of Rio Grande. And Friend of the People. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1846

Weekly newspaper from United States-occupied Matamoros, Mexico printed in English and Spanish that includes local and national news from the United States and Mexico, especially concerning the Mexican War. Also includes advertising.
Date: June 6, 1846
Creator: McLeod, H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History