Contours of Discovery

Printed Maps Delineating the Texas and Southwestern Chapters in the Cartographic History of North America, 1513-1930

Robert S. Martin and James C. Martin
Maps in the portfolio:
	
  • Martin Waldseemueller, Tabula Terre Nova, 1513
  • Abraham Ortelius, Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1570
  • Sanson d'Abbeville, Ame'rique Septentrionale, 1650
  • Nicolas de Fer, Les Costes aux Environs de la Riviere de Misisipi . . ., 1705
  • Guillaume Delisle, Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi . . ., 1718
  • Jose Antonio de Alzate y Ramlrez, Nuevo Mapa Geografico de la America Septentrional . . . , 1768
  • Thomas Jefferys, The Western Coast of Louisiana and The Coast of New, Leon, 1775
  • Alexander von Humboldt, A Map of New Spain . . ., 1810
  • John Melish, Map of the United States . . ., 1816
  • Stephen Fuller Austin, Mapa Geografico de la Provincia de Texas, 1822
  • Stephen Fuller Austin, Map of Texas, 1830
  • David H. Burr, Texas . . ., 1833 John Arrowsmith, Map of Texas . . ., 1841
  • William H. Emory, Map of Texas and the Countries Adjacent . . ., 1844
  • John Disturnell, Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico . . ., 1847
  • Jacob DeCordova, Map of the State of Texas . . ., 1849
  • Charles W. Pressler and A. B. Langermann, Pocket Map of the State of Texas . . . , 1879
  • Alexander A. Grant, Railroad and County Map of Texas, 1885
  • Texas Planning Board Series, Texas Counties, 1840, 1850, 1900, 1930 (4 maps)

Includes Contours of Discovery: A User's Guide

Contours of Discovery



0-87611-058-8 LC 82-83547 $49.95

12x9. 76 pp. Folio of 18 color, 4 b&w maps. 22X17.
Publication date: 1981


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