A New Map of Texas with the Contiguous American
and Mexican States by J. H. Young.
Published in Philadelphia in 1836 by S. Augustus Mitchell. Hand-colored
and engraved on onion-skin paper. Scale one inch equals approximately
72 miles.
This is the second issue of the first edition of this map, one of the
earliest printed maps from the Republic era. Texas is shown divided
into the various land grants parceled out by the Mexican state of Coahuila
y Tejas. The shape coincides with the land-grant outline, ending with
the Nueces River to the south. The land that would become the Texas
Panhandle after the new Republic lines were drawn by the first Congress,
is assigned to Santa Fe. Generally, the map follows the conformation
of the Burr map of 1833, only here the Louisiana - Texas boundary is
shown correctly. The lengthy inset texts make the map extremely interesting,
giving pertinent contemporary information on Land Grants, Rivers of
Texas and Remarks on Texas. The copy notes that “Texas is one of the
finest stock countries in the world. Cattle are raised in great abundance,
and with but little trouble.”
J. H. Young’s engraving skills were outstanding, making the Mitchell-Young
map one of the finest examples of map engraving from the U.S. in the
early 19th century.
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