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Mapping Texas - A Cartographic Journey, 1561-1860 (Hardcover)
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Mapping Texas - A Cartographic Journey, 1561-1860 (Hardcover)
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3,822 perimeter miles. 11,247 rivers and streams. 8,749 feet at its
height. 268,596 square miles in total. Texas is big. Julius Caesar
once quipped that all of ancient Gaul could be divided up into
three parts. Texas resists such easy division. Mapping Texas,
edited by John S. Wilson, presents an array of early maps, dating
from 1561 to 1860. The volume features selections from the
extensive material housed in the Frances C. Poage Map Room of The
Texas Collection at Baylor University. The painstaking labors of
Spanish, French, English, and Mexican mapmakers illustrate the
progressive and differing views of Texas geography and boundaries.
Originally used as guides to new destinations, these maps also
staked new claims, fueled by new dreams, on new territory that
settlers had heard about but never seen. Page by page, Texas'
iconic shape gradually emerges. As now-familiar cities dot this
vast expanse of land, railroads trace the outline of rivers and
mountain ranges, and ports anchor the curve of the Gulf of Mexico,
Texas' rich history comes to life one map at a time. The volume
concludes with an analysis of map art and cartouches - beautiful
images that both name the map and highlight flora and fauna. A
sumptuous delight for mind and eye, this volume lavishly documents
the early outlines of the land over which six flags have proudly
flown.
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