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Auction 120, Lot 347

"Johnson's New Map of the State of Texas", Johnson and Ward

Subject: Texas

Period: 1863 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.5 x 16.5 inches
62.2 x 41.9 cm
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Large, handsome map with county development mostly in eastern Texas and only the three large counties of El Paso, Presidio, and Bexar in the west. The panhandle, noted as the Staked Plain (Elevated Table Land, without Wood or Water), includes a large section that is unorganized. Nice depiction of the wagon roads, many named, with several completed railroads. Insets include a Plan of Sabine Lake, Plan of the Northern part of Texas, and Plan of Galveston Bay. Decorative latticework border. Text on verso describing North America.

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Condition: B

Some light, irregular toning in the bottom of the map.

Estimate: $250 - $300

Sold for: $170

Closed on 7/18/2007

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