Map of Texas and Adjoining States - Stephen Austin 1837 Published by H.S. Tanner

A requirement of the Anglo-American empresario Stephen F. Austin's contract with the Mexican government included compiling a map of his Texas colony, which he completed in 1829 with the aid of information from a recent Mexican-government sponsored Boundary Commission led by Mexican General Manuel Mier y Terán. That year Austin also sent Philadelphia mapmaker/publisher Henry S. Tanner a copy of his map, and from this Tanner produced and published this important and influential map of Texas as a folding pocket map that first appeared the next year. At that time, it was the first map to show a significant portion of the trans-Mississippi West on such a large scale and in such detail. It improved upon earlier maps by its depiction of Texas' rivers, Indian villages, the distinct woodland area of north central Texas known as the Cross Timbers, and prairies where a traveler or colonist was likely to encounter "immense herds of buffalo," "immense droves of wild horses," and the nomadic Comanche Indians. In all, Tanner published seven editions of the map. Makes handsome vintage wall art decor for home or office. A perfect gift for the Texan in your life.