Mapping Texas: A Cartographic Journey, 1561–1860, by John S. Wilson, with Sierra M. Wilson and Rachel DeShong.: Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4813-1181-6. Pp. vii, 124, illus. US $39.95 (cloth).
The maps in the first four sections of this work correspond to the periods of Spanish and French Texas (1500s to about 1821), Mexican Texas (1821-1836), the Republic of Texas (1836-1845), and Texas as a part of the United States (post-1845) respectively. This beautiful 12 by 14-inch (approx. 30 × 35...
| Publicado en: | Imago Mundi Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 103 - 105 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2021
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| Sumario: | The maps in the first four sections of this work correspond to the periods of Spanish and French Texas (1500s to about 1821), Mexican Texas (1821-1836), the Republic of Texas (1836-1845), and Texas as a part of the United States (post-1845) respectively. This beautiful 12 by 14-inch (approx. 30 × 35 cm) cloth-bound book highlights forty-six maps from the Texas Collection of the Frances C. Poage Map Room at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The introduction to the work does tell the reader that the book 'is not intended as an academic, scholarly, or exhaustive work on Texas maps'. |
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