Original Map of Texas as Great Space of Land Unknown historic-texas-map-prints

Original Map of Texas as Great Space of Land Unknown historic-texas-map-printsThe Spanish Conquistadors established control of the American Southwest centuries before the other European powers and before the American Colonists became interested in the region. The Spanish exploration and settlements were confined to old Mexico, the Pacific Coast, and the Rio Grande Valley of which Santa Fe was the Northern Colonial Capital. Before 1800 the vast interior reaches had only been seen by a handful of Europeans including Cortez and

Colonel Fannin had written:

and scores of tiny hamlets

5 inches unframed

Waco Village

San Antonio Streetcar service began in 1878

As word of the conflict spread

Unlike the organized Mexican army

Texas is shown in the Republic configuration with the western border depicted as the Rio Grande River to its source

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Many of the earliest symbols for freedom and independence that were important during the American Revolution have become somewhat obscure to modern society

This map provides an intriguing historic portrait of the early decades of the robust Lone Star State and surrounding areas

with the notation of a supposed survey in 1833 by Le Grand