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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

Map exhibiting the lines of march passed over by the troops of the United States during the year ending June 30th 1858.

Map of the lines marched to military bases by United States troops in 1858. Lines included marches up the Mississippi River to St. Louis; travels between numerous forts, camps, and barracks in Texas; similar trails among the plains and Rocky Mountain military posts; a line from New York to Havana to Panama then to San Francisco; and marches in New Mexico and Arizona, including a march from Fort Yuma to Tuscon and Fort Buchanan along the Mexico-United States border. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:12,000,000
Date: November 1858
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Map Showing the Countries Explored and Surveyed by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commissions- in the years 1850, 51, 52, and 53.

Map shows the areas of North America explored and surveyed by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission from 1850 to 1853 under the direction of John R. Bartlett, U.S. Commissioner. Includes historic notes on the Red, Brazos, and Colorado Rivers and the abundance of vegetation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:6,600,000
Date: 1853
Creator: Bartlett, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America (south sheet).

Map shows southern half of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America; unusual boundaries for western U.S. territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, with Nebraska and Kansas territories. Map comes from The Dispatch Atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America (south sheet).

Map shows southern half of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America; unusual boundaries for western U.S. territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, with Nebraska and Kansas territories. Map comes from The Dispatch Atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatemala.

Map shows department boundaries, cities, towns, notable physical features, major roads, battlegrounds, military posts, and areas of Native American habitation in Mexico; proposed canal routes for the Isthmus of Nicaragua on inset; proposed railroad route Isthmus of Tehuantepec on inset; political boundaries, cities and towns in Central America on inset; settlements and roads in the vicinity of Mexico City on inset. Includes battle dates. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:11,700,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatemala.

Map shows department boundaries, cities, towns, notable physical features, major roads, battlegrounds, military posts, and areas of Native American habitation in Mexico; proposed canal routes for the Isthmus of Nicaragua on inset; proposed railroad route Isthmus of Tehuantepec on inset; political boundaries, cities and towns in Central America on inset; settlements and roads in the vicinity of Mexico City on inset. Includes battle dates. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:11,700,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatemala.

Map shows department boundaries, cities, towns, notable physical features, major roads, battlegrounds, military posts, and areas of Native American habitation in Mexico; political boundaries, cities and towns for Central America on inset; settlements and roads in the vicinity of Mexico City on inset. Includes battle dates. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:11,700,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
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

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica nebst Canada.

Map shows states by region; major cities, major roads, areas of Native American habitation; Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, "Minesota," and "Indian" territories. Includes translation table of place name words: English, Spanish, German. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:8,000,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North America : designed to accompany Smith's Geography for schools.

Map shows political boundaries, major cities, population statistics, length of rivers, and distances by sea. Includes explanation and notes. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:32,000,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Daniel Burgess & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the United States, Mexico, and Central America: showing the limit of frontier stations]

Map shows the extent of military posts just west of the Mississippi River, the route of the Rifle Regiment [the Oregon Expedition] in 1849, military outposts and roads, ocean and river routes of transportation, and U.S. Boundaries with British possessions and with Mexico. Includes explanations and notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1853..1854]
Creator: Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886
System: The Portal to Texas History

A general chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico : Describing the gulf and windward passages coasts of Florida, Louisiana, and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Mosquito Shore; likewise the chart of the Spanish Main to the mouths of the Orinoco [Sheet 4].

Map shows geography and settlements along the Gulf of Mexico coastline inclusive of southernmost Mexico and part of Central America. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1855
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Mexico.

Map shows state boundaries, major cities, ports, and towns, mail routes, existing and proposed railroads, major roads with distances, and shipping routes for the continental United States, Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and the northwestern portion of South America; western territories of the U.S. include Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, [unlabeled lower Idaho], Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Indian Territory; eastern portion of [modern day] Colorado is split between Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico territories but unlabeled [or partially labeled as "Colona"]; major shipping routes and historical routes of exploration for the Atlantic Ocean and portions of the Pacific Ocean on inset. Includes illustrations of ships, historical notes, "Table of Distances", and "Table showing the route of the steamers of the United States and Mexican Mail Steam Ship Line and the various ports in the Gulf of Mexico at which they are to touch, as also the distances between the said ports." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:5,400,000-1:7,800,000].
Date: 1859
Creator: Butterfield, Carlos
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Mexico.

Map shows state boundaries, major cities, ports, and towns, mail routes, existing and proposed railroads, major roads with distances, and shipping routes for the continental United States, Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and the northwestern portion of South America; western territories of the U.S. include Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, [unlabeled lower Idaho], Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Indian Territory; eastern portion of [modern day] Colorado is split between Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico territories but unlabeled [or partially labeled as "Colona"]; major shipping routes and historical routes of exploration for the Atlantic Ocean and portions of the Pacific Ocean on inset. Includes illustrations of ships, historical notes, "Table of Distances", and "Table showing the route of the steamers of the United States and Mexican Mail Steam Ship Line and the various ports in the Gulf of Mexico at which they are to touch, as also the distances between the said ports." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:5,400,000-1:7,800,000].
Date: 1859
Creator: Butterfield, Carlos
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of United States military posts and connecting transportation routes prior to 1846].

Map shows western trails and forts, lines of transportation, communication, and locations of old and new military posts in the United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not noted.
Date: 1850?/1859?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.

Map political subdivisions, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railroads, proposed canals, and areas of Native American habitation; portions of the southern United States and northern South America; boundary on inset between Nicaragua and Costa Rica as solid line; department of Tehuantepec divides departments of Vera Cruz and Tabasco on inset and on main map. Includes distance table and "remarks." Insets: "No. 18, The Isthmus of Tehuantepec showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean" and "No. 17, The Isthmus of Nicaragua showing the proposed routes from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:22,500,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies

Map shows political subdivisions or departments, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railroads, proposed canals, and areas of Native American habitation; portions of the southern United States and northern South America; boundary on inset between Nicaragua and Costa Rica as dotted line; departments of Vera Cruz and Tabasco directly adjacent on inset. Insets: "No. 18, The Isthmus of Tehuantepec showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean" and "No. 17, The Isthmus of Nicaragua showing the proposed routes from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:22,500,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nord America mit Westindien.

Map shows "Dacotah" Territory, Wyoming with extended western boundary, Indian Territory, and only one Virginia. Includes key colors and to abbreviations in Spanish and English. Inset: "Die Nordwestlichen Inselgruppen Amerikas als Anschluss an die linke obere Ecke das Hauptblatts" [The northwestern island groups in America as a connection to the upper left corner of the main sheet]. Includes key colors and to abbreviations in Spanish and English. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:15,000,000].
Date: 1859
Creator: Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
System: The Portal to Texas History

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica nebst Canada.

Map shows states by region; major cities, major roads, areas of Native American habitation; Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, "Minesota," and "Indian" territories. Includes translation table of place name words: English, Spanish, German. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:8,000,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico und die Republiken von Central-America.

Map shows major trasnportation routes and major cities in the states of Mexico, the countries of Central America, and some portions of the Texas coast and the southeastern United States; railroad construction projects in Tehuantepec and Honduras in insets. Includes table of abbreviations with translations, legend, and tables lising major mountain peaks. Insets: "Tehuantepec Eisenbahn-project bearbeit von Barnard 1851" and "Honduras Eisenbahn-project bearbeit von E. G. Squier u. W. N. Jeffers 1853." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:6,000,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Gräf, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and their territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and part of Mexico.

Map shows United States west of the Mississippi River and northern Mexico; military outposts, water resources, treaty boundaries, and western U.S. territories of Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Minnesota, Utah, Kansas, and New Mexico [Oklahoma/"Indian Territory" is not labeled]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:6,000,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Jekyll, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies

Map shows political subdivisions or departments, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railroads, proposed canals, and areas of Native American habitation; portions of the southern United States and northern South America; boundary on inset between Nicaragua and Costa Rica as dotted line; departments of Vera Cruz and Tabasco directly adjacent on inset. Insets: "No. 18, The Isthmus of Tehuantepec showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean" and "No. 17, The Isthmus of Nicaragua showing the proposed routes from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:22,500,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies

Map shows political subdivisions or departments, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railroads, proposed canals, and areas of Native American habitation; portions of the southern United States and northern South America; boundary on inset between Nicaragua and Costa Rica as dotted line; departments of Vera Cruz and Tabasco directly adjacent on inset. Insets: "No. 18, The Isthmus of Tehuantepec showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean" and "No. 17, The Isthmus of Nicaragua showing the proposed routes from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:22,500,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History