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Original old and antique maps of Texas for sale. Our rare Texas map inventory features authentic maps of Texas as a Republic and the Texas Revolution, early Texas oil maps, antique and vintage city views and plans of Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and elsewhere. Vintage pictorial maps of Texas are also for sale.
Geological Sketch

Stock# 90861

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Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus

Title

Geological Sketch

Publication Place / Date

Washington / 1848

Image Dimensions

14 x 11 inches

Color

Uncolored

Condition

Stock# 90861

$ 375.00

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Description

Early geological sketch map of Texas, published by Frederick Wislezenus in 1848.

The map extends from above the Arkansas River to Saltillo in the south and the Rio del Norte in the west, with geological features names, a few places named including Metamoros, Laredo, San Antonio de Bexar, Saucillo, Chihuahua, Paso del Norte, Santa Fe, Bent's Fort, etc.

The map appeared in Wislezenus's Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, which was first published in Senate Misc. Doc. No. 26, 30th Congress, 1st session and would later be re-issued in German in 1850.

Condition Description

Lithograph on wove paper.

Reference

Wheat Transmississippi 573.

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