Chartis tis Amerikis /
Χάρτης της Αμερικής /
"This map is fascinating as one of the few maps to name the 'Republic of Fredonia', a short-lived freebooter state in Texas. The Republic of Fredonia, often cited as the Fredonian Rebellion (December 21, 1826-January 23, 1827) was the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede...
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | Greek, Modern (1453-) |
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[Athens, Greece?] :
[publisher not identified],
1866.
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| Summary: | "This map is fascinating as one of the few maps to name the 'Republic of Fredonia', a short-lived freebooter state in Texas. The Republic of Fredonia, often cited as the Fredonian Rebellion (December 21, 1826-January 23, 1827) was the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico. The settlers, led by Empresario Haden Edwards (1771-1849), declared independence from Mexican Texas and created the Republic of Fredonia near Nacogdoches. The short-lived republic encompassed the land the Mexican government granted to Edwards in 1825 and areas previously settled. The unusual term 'Fredonia' itself dates to an earlier effort spearheaded by Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) to rename the United States. The term 'Fredonia' is derived from a latinized variant derived from the entomological underpinnings of the word 'Freedom'. Mitchill argued that in the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, the United States needed an all-encompassing national identity. The idea never caught on, for which writes Carl Wheat, 'all us Fredish men should be duly thankful.' Other items of interest include Oregon, here labelled as both a city, roughly Portland, as well as a territory to the north (in fact, the Washington Territory). Somewhat anachronistically, 'Canada' is used here only for the lands along the St. Lawrence River instead of the entire territory comprising the present-day country (here as 'New Britain'), while the state of California remains 'New California.' It is likely that Lazaridou was working with one or more atlases in a foreign language as a basis, explaining these oddities. On the other hand, some of the errors present in an earlier edition of the map (1861), such as the labeling of the Missouri River as the Mississippi River, have been corrected."--Vendor. |
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| Item Description: | Relief shown by hachures. Mounted on linen. Southernmost Argentina/Chile is in a separate portion. Non-Latin script record The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 1 map : hand colored ; on sheet 70 x 54 cm. |