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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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, cities and towns in the Mexican states and the southwestern United States. Also shows names and locations of various Native American tribes. Inset: "Mexico, shewing [sic.] its connection with the ports of Acapulco, Vera Cruz, & Tampico." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,758,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, cities, towns, and Mexican states. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. No scale noted.
Date: [1853..1863]
Creator: Blackie & Son
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States.

Map shows cities, areas of Native American habitation for the United States, Mexico, Central America and part of the West Indies; jagged U.S.-Mexico border, western U.S. territories of Oregon, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Kansas, and Minnesota, and "Indian Territory"; forts, canals, major roads, mines, and railroads. Includes explanation and illustrations. Inset: [Portrait of George] "Washington" and "Capitol at Washington." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,603,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Case, Tiffany & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's Mexico

This map shows the country of Mexico and the surrounding areas. Each state is labeled and shaded using various colors. There is an inset in the lower left corner labeled "Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec." Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca 1:8,389,740]. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1854
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's Mexico.

Map shows cities and towns, Mexican states; New Mexico north of Arizona; proposed railroad and canal across Isthmus of Tehauntepec. Includes notes. Inset: "Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:8,400,000].
Date: 1854
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America: designed to accompany Cornell's High School Geography.

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are shaded in color. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). On the back, there is a second map showing a portion of British America (present-day Canada) with different territories shaded in color and labeled. This map also has major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features marked.
Date: 1855
Creator: Cornell, S. S. (Sarah S.)
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico en 1858.

Map shows a birds-eye view of the streets and surrounding geography of mid-nineteenth century Mexico City, Mexico. Scale not given.
Date: 1858
Creator: Decaen
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richardson's new map of the state of Texas, including part of Mexico : Compiled from government surveys and other authentic documents.

Map shows major cities and towns, counties, notable geographic features, railroads, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, military posts, and battlefields. Includes notes, explanation, and list of "Railroads, etc., in Texas." Inset: Map showing the proposed route of the Aransas railroad (and its) connections with the eastern roads. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
Date: 1859
Creator: Desilver, Charles
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of Central America shewing [sic.] the different lines of Atlantic and Pacific communication.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Central America railroads, proposed canals or water communications, common roads, gold and silver mines, major cities and towns. Includes text notes, legend, and five topographical cross sections. Insets: "Map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico reduced from the original by order of Dn. José de Garay," "Isthmus of Panama," "Plan of the mouth of the river Coatzacoalcos," "A vertical projection upon a plan perpendicular to the meridian," "Section 1, across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec," "Section 2, from Port St. Juan del Norte to Port Realejo," "Section 3, from the Lake Nicaragua to Port San Juan del Sur," and "Section 4, between Chagres (Atlantic) & Vaca de Monte (Pacific)." Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and by profile. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: Disturnell, John, 1801-1877
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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 mid-nineteenth century military outposts just west of the Mississippi River, the route of the Rifle Regiment [the Oregon Expedition] in 1849, roads, ocean, and river routes. U.S. Boundaries with British possessions and Mexico are highlighted. Transportation lines are depicted in red and blue, frontier stations in red, and boundaries in yellow. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1853]
Creator: Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America : (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 2].

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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History