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[Map]. Thomas G. Bradford. Texas. ...
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[Map]. Thomas G. Bradford. Texas. 13" x 16", [Boston: Weeks, Jordon & Co.] 1838, engraved by G.W. Boynton, plate No. 42.A great early view of an independent Republic of Texas sandwiched between the United States and Mexico. Various land grants are named in East and Central Texas with Stephen F. Austin's colony shown in the center of the map due north of San Antonio de Bexar. Together with text pages 163-166 containing an article on the Republic of Texas.
There are at least six different versions of the Bradford map; all of them are from the atlases that Bradford published between 1835 and 1840. The earliest of the Texas maps came out in Bradford's 1835 atlas-small-format and with outline coloring. In 1838, Bradford revised his atlas to a larger format. He made the map of Texas larger and updated it to reflect new knowledge. This map and the next three large-format Bradford Texas maps have variations that occur in engraving; there are also differences in coloring, such as full color vs. outline color. The earlier versions show only land grants; the city of Austin is not yet included; and the Nueces River is the southwestern border. In the present version, county lines are superimposed over the land grants, new towns are presented (including Austin, established in 1839), and the Rio Grande is the southern border.
Bradford was the first maker of atlases to include a separate map for Texas. Martin & Martin write, "Bradford published a completely new atlas in 1838, in a larger format, and the map of Texas it contained was even more clearly patterned on Austin's. Aside from showing Texas as a separate country, the map and text Bradford inserted into his atlas is historically important for clearly demonstrating the demand in the United States for information about Texas during the Revolution and the early years of the Republic. It also serves to confirm the importance of Austin's map as source for that information."
Condition: Toned throughout with light foxing. Otherwise fine.
References: Martin & Martin 31.
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2023 December 2 The Ted Lusher Texas History Collection, Part One Signature® Auction #6281 (go to Auction Home page)
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