| Summary: | Maps depicts the Provincia de Texas, a precursor to Carey & Lea's map of Mexico published in 'A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas' (1822) with fewer place names and notations, and a couple inches shorter in height. Based largely on Humboldt's 'Carte générale du royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne' (1811) and published prior to Stephen Austin's arrival in Texas. The settled parts of Texas are primarily along the Rio Grande, with only settlements north of Nueces River being Nacogdoches, Galveston (referred to as Galverton), and Acalita de Bejar or St. Antonio. An unusual feature of this map is the southerly flow of three rivers - Trinity, Brazos and Colorado, whose headwaters are noted as the "Rio Colorado or the Brassos." The map identifies the El Camino Real linking Natchitoches to Mexico City, Santa Fe Trail, and bands of Comanches and Apaches in West Texas. The northern portion of the map covers the little-known parts of present-day Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico and shows several fictitious geographic features in the Great Basin.
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