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North America

This map shows North America and surrounding areas, including Canada (labeled "British Possessions"), the United States, and Mexico, and Central America. Bodies of water, ocean currents, and geographic features are marked and labeled (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights). There are notes in various places around the map regarding mountains, temperatures, national products, and natural mineral deposits. There are several graphic profiles of North America at the bottom of the map. Scale 1:25,344,000
Date: 1858
Creator: J. H. Colton & Co.
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

Johnson's Central America

Map shows Central America railroads and canals, political sub-divisions during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes notes and dates on boundaries and railroads. Insets: Mazanilla Island, Aspinwall City Naval Bay, City of Panama, the "Nicaragua Route", Harbor of San Juan de Nicaragua, and Isthmus of Panama. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1859
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico and Central America.

Map shows Mexican state boundaries, political divisions for Central America, cities, and rivers. Inset: "Enlarged plan of the Isthmus of Panama." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,336,000] and [ca. 1:3,168,000].
Date: [1856..1876]
Creator: Hughes, William, 1817-1876
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Panama Railroad (PRR) Etching

A 6 x 9 etching of an un-numbererd 2-2-4 steam loco on a passenger train leaving Aspinwall, Panama.
Date: 1856
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History