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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

República Mexicana plano del curso del Rio Coatzacoalcos desde la confluencia del Malatengo hasta su boca en el Seño Mexicano.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century settlements and tributaries of the Coatzacoalcos River in Mexico. Includes notes, table of observations, and legend. Inset: "Plano de la Boca del Rio Coatzacoalcos." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [1:250,000] and [scale 1:50,000].
Date: 1843
Creator: Moro, Cayetano
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croquis del combate de Churubusco.

Map shows roads, canals, bridges, towns, fortifications, and troop movements in the vicinity of Churubusco. Scale not given.
Date: [1846..1848]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cróquis de las fortificaciones y suburbios de Monterrey con el ataque que dieron los Americanos los dias 21, 22 y 23 de Setiembre de 1846.

Map shows troop placements, fortifications, and the layout of Monterrey and its outlying areas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1846
Creator: Arteaga y Ca.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cróquis de la accion de Padierna presentada á los Americanos el 19 y 20 de Agosto de 1847.

Map shows military troop movements near the village of San Geronimo and Rancho de Padierna, buildings, and vegetation. Includes key to troop divisions. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croquis de la batalla de la Angostura.

Map shows roads and troop locations in the vicinity of the town of "Buenavista." Includes key to troop divisions. Relief shown by form lines. Scale not given.
Date: 1847
Creator: Arteaga y Ca.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Northern Mexico Location During the Mexican War, 1846-1848]

Map shows roads, vegetation, buildings, encampments, fortifications, troop locations, and battlesites for an unidentified location, probably in northern Mexico during the Mexican War, 1846-1848, possibly on the Rio Grande or other navigable river. Relief shown by hachures. No scale given.
Date: [1846..1848]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano del campo de la Angostura donde se dio la accion de Buenavista, el 22 y 23 De Febrero de 1847, tomado de un croquis del Sor Vander Linden y otros datos por el profesor de Geografia del colegio militar F. Soto.

Map shows Mexican and American troop positions during the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico during 1847. Relief shown by hachures. Scale in Spanish varas where 1 inch equals approximately 191 varas. Scale [ca. 1:16,000].
Date: 1847?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano que demuestra las posiciones de las tropas Mexicanas y Americanas, sobre ambas orillas del Rio Bravo á la vista de la Ciudad de Matamoros.

Map shows battle positions of the U. S. and Mexican troops facing each other across the Rio Grande River outside Matamoros. Scale not given.
Date: 1846?
Creator: Berlandier, Luis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croquis de la batalla dada en Palo-Alto, el 8 de Mayo de 1846 [y] Campamento de las tropas mexicanas en la Resaca de Guerrero el dia [de] 9 de Mayo de 1846.

Map shows battle positions and movements of U. S. and Mexican troops at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de La Palma. Includes legend in Spanish. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1846?
Creator: Cumplido, Ignacio, 1811-1887.
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 Oregon and Upper California : from the surveys of John Charles Frémont and other authorities.

Map shows major physical features, areas of Indian habitation, major cities and towns; northern portion of map is labeled Oregon Territory, Missouri Territory, southern portion is Upper California and New Mexico; February 1848 treaty boundary line between Mexico and the United States. Includes notes and "explanations." Inset: "Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the the Rocky Mountains to the Bay of San Francisco." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights, and by profile. Scale [1:3,000,000].
Date: 1848
Creator: Preuss, Charles, 1803-1854
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Matamoros Reveille (Matamoros, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1846 (open access)

Matamoros Reveille (Matamoros, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1846

Semi-weekly newspaper from Matamoros, Mexico that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. Includes one-page edition, La Diana de Matamoros in Spanish.
Date: June 24, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mapas de Mexico y algunos lugares inmediatos.

Map shows location of nearby towns in the vicinity of Mexico City with distances noted; "Mexico C[ity] central to equidistant radii."
Date: [1845..1855]
Creator: unknown
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
Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa. (open access)

Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa.

Book about Santa Anna.
Date: 1849
Creator: Gamboa, Ramón.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico : segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del congreso de dicha républica y construido por las mejores autoridades.

Map shows the United States southwest of Georgia and Iowa, and south of Oregon Territory. Includes distance and statistical tables, profiles of the route between Mexico and Vera Cruz and the route between Mexico and Acapulco. Notes within map describe historical events, including those of the Mexican War. Insets: "Carta de los caminos &c. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico," "Map showing the battlegrounds of the 8th and the 9th, May 1846," "Plan of Monterey and its environs," "Chart of the Bay of Vera Cruz," and "Tampico and its environs." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,435,200].
Date: 1847
Creator: Disturnell, John, 1801-1877
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

Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico : segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del congreso de dicha républica y construido por las mejores autoridades.

Map shows the United States southwest of Georgia and Iowa, and south of Oregon Territory. Includes distance and statistical tables, profiles of the route between Mexico and Vera Cruz and the route between Mexico and Acapulco. Notes within map describe historical events, including those of the Mexican War. Insets: "Carta de los caminos &c. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico," "Map showing the battlegrounds of the 8th and the 9th, May 1846," "Plan of Monterey and its environs," "Chart of the Bay of Vera Cruz," and "Tampico and its environs." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,435,200].
Date: 1847
Creator: Disturnell, John, 1801-1877
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carta de las costas de la Escambia, Alabama y bocas del Rio Misisipi, la Luisiana, Tejas, con la provincia del Nuevo Santander, en el Golfo de Mejico.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Gulf of Mexico coastal detail. Includes table of abbreviations. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1,350,000].
Date: 1846
Creator: Armero, Francisco
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas:[ Volumen 1] (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas:[ Volumen 1]

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: Filísola, Vicente. & Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Justice of the Peace, August 24, 1841] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Justice of the Peace, August 24, 1841]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo justice of the peace, informing him he is sending decrees of July 15 and 17. The reverse side of the document contains the acknowledgment from the justice of the peace.
Date: 1841-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Indro García to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, May 2, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Indro García to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, May 2, 1844]

Letter from Indro García to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing him that an outbreak of smallpox in Orizaba. García says to take all possible precautions and to use vaccines.
Date: 1844-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History