Resource Type

"Grimes County, Texas"

Large blue-line map of Grimes County abstracts printed on light-weight cotton
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Untitled map of Louisiana, Virginia and Carolina

Untitled map by John Gibson that appeared in a June 1763 issue of "Gentlemen's Magazine" in London; refers to Texas as "High Land"
Date: June 1763
Creator: Gibson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Map of Texas"

Copper-Plate engraving of Texas with hand-coloring
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"The Alamo"

Map of the Alamo showing the "Ground plan compiled from drawings by Capt. B. Green Jameson, Texan Army, January, 1826,Col. Ignacio de Labastida, Mexican Army, March, 1836, Capt. Ruben M. Potter, United States Army, 1841."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Combat near the "Mission Concepcion"

Map of the Combat at Mission Concepcion.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Refugio Mission"

One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows "Ground plan of the original buildings, with walls enclosing the cemetery"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto"

"Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto and map of the positions of the Texan and of the Mexican Armies, at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, at half past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, April 21, 1836."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Ground plan of 'Fort Defiance,' La Bahia Mission, March 2, 1836 by Lieut. Joseph M. Chadwick"

One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows blockhouses, magazine, watering place, workshop, coach house, outhouses, and Madam Garcia's house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chadwick, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Fannin's Fight"

One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows the Texan infantry, artillery, breastworks, and Mexican dragoons, and artillery
Date: 1938
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"The Siege of Bexar"

Hand-drawn map depicting the Siege of Bexar. It shows the "Line of attack by the Texans against the Mexican forces occupying Bexar and supported by the Mexican garrison then in the Alamo, from December 5th to 10th, 1835." The river, creek, streets and buildings are identified.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Siege of the Alamo"

Hand-drawn map depicting the Siege of the Alamo. It shows the "terrain comprised in the zone of fire of the Mexican batteries toward the fortress of the Alamo, with their locations, and the radius of fire of the batteries within the works, during the bombardment, until the final assault, March 6, 1836." The river, creek, streets and buildings are identified.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas, containing the latest grants & discoveries

Hand-colored map of the Republic of Texas showing grants, towns, rivers, and roads.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lee, E. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent

Hand-colored lithograph of Texas with statistics and references in lower left
Date: 1844
Creator: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatemala

Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing towns, rivers, and topography
Date: 1842
Creator: Findlay, Alexander G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

"North America"

Hand-colored map of North American published under the superintendent of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK)
Date: unknown
Creator: J & C Walker
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Amerique Septentrionale"

Hand-colored map of North America showing settlements, rivers, and mountains
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatimala

Hand-colored map of Mexico and Guatemala showing settlements, rivers, and mountains
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

"North America"

Hand-colored map of North America with Austin's Colony noted
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Mexico. and Guatimala. Corrected from original information communicated by Simon A.G. Bourne Esq."

Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing settlements, roads, mines and topography
Date: 1828
Creator: Hall, Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass, Texas

Navigation chart for Aransas Pass, between Mustang Island and San Jose Island. There are sailing directions and notes in the upper-left corner of the map. The physical features are outlined and shaded (relief shown by soundings and contours). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. Scale 1:20,000
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of J. D. Rogers Farm

Hand-drawn map of the Rogers farm along the Brazos River in Brazos County; formerly Allen Farm; currently (2006) owned by the Moore Brothers. Scale 1:4,800
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of John D. Rogers Farm

Hand-drawn map of Rogers farm along the Brazos River in Brazos County; formerly called Allen Farm; currently owned by the Moore Brothers. The plat shows the property with notations to show subdivisions and dimensions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Washington-on-the-Brazos Texas, in the times of Jim Johnson, now free, then a slave who lived there before the War

Hand-drawn map in black ink showing roads, structures, and names of residents; only known map of Washington-on-the-Brazos in the 19th century
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

Map of Texas and surrounding area with major cities, roads, rivers, and geographic formations marked (relief shown with hachures). Texas counties are labeled and shaded in various colors. Two insets in the lower-left corner show a "Plan of Galveston Bay" and "Plan of Sabine Lake."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History