“TEXAS.” Thomas Gamaliel Bradford. Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Co., c. 1838. Rare first edition – rare first issue – with outline color. The original descriptive pages are included on back. Reference: Day #32; Martin & Martin #31; Phillips p. 842.(Image: 14 1/8 x 11 3/8’’)
Very fine & beautifully engraved map with original outline color. Engraved by G. W. Boynton (owner of an engraving company in Boston 1830’s - 40’s). From An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries by T. G. Bradford.
This important map depicts the Republic of Texas based on the map by Stephen F. Austin which was published just a few years earlier (1830). Austin’s map was “without question the most accurate depiction of the area to date” (Martin & Martin).
Colonization grants are prominently displayed and “Austin’s Colony” clearly noted. Towns, settlements, creeks, rivers and Indian villages are also identified.
The “Old Mexican Garrison” is located on the Brazos River, north of Deer Creek.
“Aside from showing Texas as a separate state…[Bradford’s maps] are 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” (Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, p.125).
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