The making of America. Texas / produced by the Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society ; John B. Garver, Jr., chief cartographer ; John F. Shupe, associate chief ; chief editorial consultant, D.W. Meinig ; principal regional consultant, Terry G. Jordan

Corporate Author:: National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Division
Additional Titles:: Title within border: Texas
Published:: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [1986]
Copyright Date:: ©1986
Physical Description:: 1 map : color ; 50 x 67 cm, folded to 13 x 18 cm
Additional Creators:: Garver, John B., Jr., Shupe, John F., Meinig, D. W. (Donald William), 1924-2020, and Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G., 1938-2003

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Contents:

On verso: 1. Weak Spanish frontier, 1519-1821 -- 2. Eras of independence, 1821-1845 -- 3. Vigorous expansion, 1845-1900 -- 4. A broadening base, 1900-1950 -- 5. New frontiers, 1950-present -- Mexican Borderland.

Summary:

National Geographic U.S. map of the Texas region, including a brief discussion about growth in the area on the reverse side.

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Cartographic Mathematical Data:

Scale 1:2,736,000. 1 cm = 27 km 1 in. = 43 miles ; Albers conical equal-area projection, standard parallels 29°30ʹ and 45°30ʹ (W 107°19ʹ13ʺ--W 88°20ʹ59ʺ/N 37°36ʹ46ʺ--N 25°23ʹ58ʺ).

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Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and contours.
Panel title.
"March 1986."
"Supplement to the National Geographic, March 1986, page 310A, vol. 169, no. 3-Texas."
"Design: John F. Dorr, Charles W. Berry ; content: Harry D. Kauhane, Andrew J. Wahll ; research: Gail C. Foley, Rebecca Beall, Lisa Ritter ; text: Oliver G.A.M. Payne ; art: Tom McNeely."
"Eleventh in a series of seventeen maps."
Includes historical notes, list of abbreviations, and "metric conversions."
Text, color illustrations, and 6 ancillary maps on verso.
On verso: 1. Weak Spanish frontier, 1519-1821 -- 2. Eras of independence, 1821-1845 -- 3. Vigorous expansion, 1845-1900 -- 4. A broadening base, 1900-1950 -- 5. New frontiers, 1950-present -- Mexican Borderland.

Geographic Coverage:

Covers Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and portions of New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mexico.

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