Resource Type

Map of the state of Texas engraved to illustrate Mitchell's School and family geography

Map shows Texas roads, county lines, military posts, battlegrounds, major cities, towns, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes descriptive notes on geography and vegetation. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: "Northern Texas," and "Map of the vicinity of Galveston City". Scale [ca. 1:4,900,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico and Central America to illustrate Harpers Gazetteer.

Map shows sailing routes through the West Indies, major cities, and ports. Lower Mexico and northwest coast of South America is displayed and Texas is shown to be part of United States. Insets: "Jamaica," "The Harbours of Port Royal and Kingston," and "The Harbour and City of Havana." Includes key to "Abreviations of the Names of the Nations possessing the West India Is." and notes. Scale [ca. 1:13,000,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: McLellan, David
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America: Californien, Texas und die Territorien New Mexico u. Utah.

Map shows roads, Fremont's route, areas of Native American habitation in California, Texas, and New Mexico and Utah territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:10,000,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Grässl, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika [Sheet 1]

Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, canals, cities and towns, marshlands, and areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1863]
Creator: Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika [Sheet 3]

Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, canals, cities and towns, marshlands, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: "Schildkroten In." [Galapagos Islands]. Includes number key and table of statistics. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1863]
Creator: Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika [Sheet 4]

Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, canals, cities and towns, marshlands, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1863]
Creator: Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orbis Romanus Christianus.

Map shows early establishment of the Roman Catholic church in western and southeastern Europe as the Holy Roman Empire and along the coastal areas of the Mediterranean; travels of Jesus and his apostles in Palestine and of the apostle Paul in the areas between Greece and Jerusalem. Includes reference linking Paul's travels as shown on map to Biblical verses in Acts and a key to apostles' locations. Insets: "Palaestina Jesu et Apostolorum temporibus" [Palestine of Jesus and the apostles' times] and "Itinera St. Pauli tria majora et via qua Captus Romam navi defertur" [The three major routes of Saint Paul after he was taken prisoner and transported by ship]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Alabern, P. (Pablo)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte de L'Asie Mineure.

Map shows regions of Asia Minor [Turkey] and areas to the east to include Armenia, Messopotamia, Syria, and the Arabian Desert; unlabeled route of travel encompasses most of the region shown on the map. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Delamarche, Alexandre, 1815-1884
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kort til Balduin Möllhausen's Rejse fra Mississippi til Sydhavets Kyster i Aarene 1853 1854.

Map shows eastern route of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen across the southwestern United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast during 1853 and 1854. Areas of Native American habitation, military posts, and settlements are noted. Insets: [Map of the mid-western states] and "Profil fra Ft. Smith til Sydhavet" [More of Ft. Smith to the Southern Ocean]. Scale [1:6,015,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Th. Berg's lith. Inst.
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri, Ohio, and parts of Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas territories. Cities, towns, roads, proposed Pacific Railway routes, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 3]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Dakotah, Nebraska and Kansas territories. Rivers, geographical features, proposed Pacific Railway route, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 4]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Florida, the Florida Keys, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. 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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 5]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and parts of Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky. 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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 6]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century New Mexico, Texas, and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma]. Cities, towns, railway lines, roads, and locations of Native American tribes are noted. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richardson's map of the city of Galveston in 1859 from Sandusky's survey made in 1845.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Galveston, Texas block numbers, street names, and land ownership. Insets show Galveston railroads. Inset: "Map of Galveston Bay from the U. S. Coast Survey," "Division of block into lots between 29th and 33rd streets," and "Division of block into lots." Includes table of "references." Map comes from W. & D. Richardson's Galveston Directory for 1859-60. Scale [1:600,000].
Date: 1859
Creator: Douglas, J.
Object Type: Map
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 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.
Object Type: Map
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.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis: compiled under the direction of the committee appointed by the City Council of Boston for celebrating the opening of railway communication between the waters of the Atlantic at Boston, the Canadas and the Great West.

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major cities and ports for northeastern United States; same for the state of Massachusetts; existing and proposed railroad lines, railroad termini, piers, existing and proposed docks, location of public facilities and navy yard, dams, and bridges for Boston harbor area. Scale [ca. 1: 3,379,000] and [ca. 1:32,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: Boston (Mass.). Engineering Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations with their respective distances by shortest route from Chicago.

Map shows existing and under-construction railroad lines, "Military Tract" road, and settlements along railway lines. Includes notes, distances along rail lines, and population statistics for Chicago. Scale not given.
Date: 1854
Creator: Miller & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Profiles of passes in the State of California surveyed in connection with a Pacific railroad.

Map shows California mountain elevations and slopes relative to sea level. "Profile of Walker's Pass," "Profile of Hum-pah-ya-mup Pass," "Profile of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass," "Profile of route from summit of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass to the Tejon Depot Camp," "Profile of New Pass," and "Profile of San Fernando Pass." Scale [1:120,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nebraska : from explorations of Lt. G. K. Warren Topl. Engrs. in 1855, 56, & 57 and other authorities.

Map shows area explored by Lieutenant G.K. Warren known as Nebraska at the time, west from Iowa to the Rocky Mountains and north to the international border. Includes explanation of colours [although map is not in color]. Inset: "Geological & barometrical section along the Missouri River from Ft. Benton to the Platte River [crosssection]." Relief shown by hachures and by profile. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas] Sketch I

Map shows Texas coast from Cavallo Pass in the southwest to the Sabine Pass in the northeast, and towns used for triangulation. Includes legend. Scale 1:600,000.
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reconnaissance of the western coast of the United States from San Francisco to Umpquah River.

Map shows Pacific Coast from the Umpquah River in Oregon to San Francisco, California. Includes text: sailing directions, tides, and remarks. Insets: Cape Arago, Cape Blanco, Rogue's [sic] River, Mack's Arch and Reef, Point St. George [and] Crescent City, Red Bluff, Humboldt Bay, View of Cape Mendocino, Trinidad Head and City, Mendocino City Cove, Pt. Arena, Pt. Reyes, Entrance to San Francisco Bay [Pt. Bonita, Outer Telegraph Station, Pt. Lobos]. Scale [1:1,200,000].
Date: 1854
Creator: United States Coast Survey.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History