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Diagram: of Tampa Land District: shewing those townships in which swamp land lists have been sent up, also those townships in which lists are in process of examination [Sheet 1].

Map shows township grid, swamp lands, islands, and coast of southern Florida during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes references to symbols used. Scale not given.
Date: 1856
Creator: A. Hoen & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Diagram: of Tampa Land District: shewing those townships in which swamp land lists have been sent up, also those townships in which lists are in process of examination [Sheet 2].

Map shows areas of Seminole Indian habitation, township grid, military posts, coast and keys of southern portion of mid-nineteenth century Florida. Includes references to symbols and letters used. Scale not given.
Date: 1856
Creator: A. Hoen & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carta de la ciudad y sitio de Puebla : combinada por el Señor General Ayundante D. José J. Alvarez, en Marzo de 1856.

Map shows the mid-nineteenth century layout of the city of Puebla, Mexico. Some street names, principal buildings, institutions, ranches, and fortifications are indicated. Includes index and "Esplicacion." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:16,500].
Date: 1856
Creator: Alvarez, José Justo, 1821-1897
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arkansas.

Map shows Arkansas township grid, existing towns, swampland, and Indian boundaries during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1856
Creator: Arkansas. Land Survey Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tarrant County

Cadastral map of Tarrant County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some boundaries and grid lines are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1856
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Central America including the states of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua & Costa Rica, the territories of Belise & Mosquito, with parts of Mexico, Yucatan & New Granada : shewing the routes between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans by way of Tehuantepeque, Nicaragua & Panama.

Map shows Central America geography and place names. Includes five "vertical sections of the proposed canals between Lake Nicaragua & the Pacific Ocean," and notes: "Sections of oceanic routes proposed and completed: Section no. 1, surveyed by Dr. Andres Oersted of Copenhagen for the government of Costa Rica 1848. Section no. 2, surveyed by Colonel Childs for the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Comp'y 1850-51. Section no. 3, proposed by ... the Emperor of the French. Section no. 4, surveyed by Col. Hughes 1849. Section no. 5, surveyed by ... E.G. Squier. For particulars of this route, see 'Notes on Central America' by ... E.G. Squier." Caribbean reefs delineated and named. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1856
Creator: Baily, John, fl. 1811-1850
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, Part of New Mexico &c.

Atlas map of Texas and New Mexico as well as parts of Oklahoma (Indian Territory), northern Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Shows counties, towns, military posts, areas of American Indian habitation, American Indian reservations, roads, railroads, and geological features.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bartholomew, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, part of New Mexico &c.

Map of Texas from 1856 documenting many landmarks and territories as well as Texas cities and counties.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and territories: showing the possessions and aggressions of the slave power.

Map shows slave holding [dark shaded], non-slave holding [unshaded], and disputed territorries [grayed] parts of the United States during the decade before Civil War. The "Missouri Compromise" is indicated with a parallel line extending from the northern Arkansas border to California. No scale indicated. Political representation of slave holding, non-slave holding, and territories is also indicated. This broadside was printed and distributed in support of 1856 Republican Party presidential candidate John C. Fremont and political commentary appears in the lower third of the sheet.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bloss, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan of the public surveys in Kansas & Nebraska

Map shows mid-nineteenth century township grid and Indian reservations in northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska. Includes references to keys used. Scale [1:14,256].
Date: 1856
Creator: Calhoun, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sketch of the public surveys in Michigan

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Michigan township grid and international boundary line. Inset: Isle Royale. Includes explanations of symbols used. Scale [1:1,140,480].
Date: 1856
Creator: Chapman, Leander
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chapman's new sectional map of Minnesota.

Map shows counties, township grid, Native American reservations, major roads, and notabale physical features. Scale not given.
Date: 1856
Creator: Chapman, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chapman's sectional map of Wisconsin : with the most recent surveys.

Map shows township grid, roads, cities and towns, existing and incomplete railroads, lakes, and rivers. Scale [1:633,600].
Date: 1856
Creator: Chapman, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Spanish-Texas / [J.H. Colton & Co.]

Map showing Spanish Texas including place names, regions of American Indians, rivers and early roads.
Date: 1856
Creator: Colton, J. H., & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New map of the state of Texas]

Hand drawn color-shaded map showing counties, cities, rivers, creeks, railroads, roads, and topographical features of Texas as of 1856. Insets of Plan of the northern part of Texas, Plan of Galveston Bay and Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date: 1856
Creator: Colton, J. H., & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas / prepared for Yoakum's History of Texas by J.H. Colton & Co.

Map showing Texas in 1856. Includes place names, roads, Plan of Galveston Bay and Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date: 1856
Creator: Colton, J. H., & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas / prepared for Yoakum's History of Texas by J.H. Colton and Co.

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Insets: Plan of Galveston Bay -- Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date: 1856
Creator: Colton, J.H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Appletons' railway map of the southern states.

Map shows existing and proposed railroad routes for the southeastern United States, including northern Florida, eastern Texas, and eastern "Indian Territory." Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1856..1866]
Creator: D. Appleton and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Western division of the United States : designed to accompany Cornell's High school geography.

Map shows counties, railroads, canals, cities, towns, and notable physical features for midwestern states on recto; areas of Native American habitation, counties, notable physical features, cities, and towns for Calfornia and Texas on verso; political boundaries, major cities, and notable physical features for South America on verso. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000], [ca. 1:27,400,000], [ca. 1:6,300,000], and [ca. 1:6,100,000].
Date: 1856
Creator: D. Appleton and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carte mondiale des divisions politiques et les courants océaniques]

Map shows late nineteenth century political division of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Ocean currents and trade winds are noted. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Map appeared in the author's Atlas Populaire.
Date: [1856..1864]
Creator: Dufour, A.-H. (Auguste-Henri), 1798-1865
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte Physique et Politique de l’Amérique Septentrionale

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are outlined in color based on the controlling nations explained by a key in the lower left corner. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are noted (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date: 1856
Creator: Dussieux, L. (Louis), 1815-1894
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America: (Eastern & Central)

Map shows Russian America, British America, Greenland, United States, West Indies, Mexico, and Central America. Areas of Native American habitation are noted. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1856..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Cities, towns, railway lines, roads, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America: (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1].

Map shows Russian America, British America, Greenland, United States, West Indies, Mexico, and Central America; areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Scale not given.
Date: [1856..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History