Texas

Historical maps, coastal charts, and views of Texas.

Archival Category: State Cartography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: North America | Holdings: 8 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

Map of the Country Upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852
Cartographer / Artist: Capt. R. B. Marcy and Bvt. Capt. G. B. McClellan
Date: 1854
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 33.6 × 17.3 in (85.3 × 43.9 cm)
Location: Texas and Oklahoma, United States
This detailed 1854 military survey map chronicles Randolph B. Marcy and George B. McClellan's 1852 expedition exploring the headwaters of the Red River across North Texas and Indian Territory, featuring early depictions of the Llano Estacado, Wichita Mountains, and native tribal territories.
Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande
Cartographer / Artist: J. Wilkinson
Date: 1854
Medium: Map
Dimensions: 📐 15.6 × 15.7 in / 39.6 × 39.9 cm
Location: Brownsville, Texas, United States
A survey of the mouth of the Rio Grande, documenting the treacherous coastal entrance.
Gray's Atlas Map of Texas
Cartographer / Artist: Frank A. Gray / O.W. Gray & Son
Date: c. 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: 14.8 × 14.4 in (37.6 × 36.6 cm)
Location: Texas, United States
A detailed Reconstruction-era atlas map of Texas showcasing evolving county formations, early railroad routes, the expansive "Young Territory" across the Llano Estacado, and inset harbor plans of Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake.
Johnson's New Map of the State of Texas
Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson & Benjamin P. Ward
Date: 1862
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: 26.6 × 17.3 in (67.6 × 43.9 cm)
Location: Texas, United States
An iconic Civil War-era map depicting Texas with hand-colored county divisions, historical stage routes, and detailed insets of Sabine Lake, Northern Texas, and Galveston Bay.
Johnson's Texas
Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson
Date: c. 1864
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: 24.6 × 15.5 in (62.5 × 39.4 cm)
Location: Texas, United States
An iconic Civil War-era map of Texas detailing massive early western county configurations, Indian territory borders, and insets of Galveston Bay and Northern Texas.
JOHNSON'S NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson / Johnson and Ward
Date: c. 1862
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: 26.5 × 17.0 in (67.3 × 43.2 cm)
Location: Texas, United States
A detailed Civil War-era map of Texas featuring early county boundaries, Indian Territory, and insets of Galveston Bay, Sabine Lake, and the Texas Panhandle.
Fort Brown, Texas; Fort Lancaster, Texas; The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Cartographer / Artist: Unidentified "Government Draughtsman"; published by *Harper's Weekly*
Date: 1861
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 11.0 × 15.5 in (27.9 × 39.4 cm)
Location: Texas, United States
Published on March 23, 1861, this iconic folio page from *Harper's Weekly* illustrates three key Texas military and historic posts—Fort Brown, Fort Lancaster, and the Alamo—at the onset of the American Civil War following General Twiggs's surrender.
SURRENDER OF EX-GENERAL TWIGGS, LATE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, TO THE TEXAN TROOPS IN THE GRAN PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 16, 1861
Cartographer / Artist: Harper's Weekly
Date: 1861
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 16.0 × 10.8 in (40.6 × 27.4 cm)
Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States
A dramatic Civil War-era wood engraving from *Harper's Weekly* depicting Major General David E. Twiggs surrendering U.S. military property in the main plaza of San Antonio to Texas Confederate state forces in February 1861.