251 Pike's Map,Hand Painted Map,Historic Map,Antique Map Of New Spain,Texas,San Diego,San Antonio,New Mexico,Dallas,EI Paso by Lisa Middleto

Published in 1810 in "An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and Through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers," Zebulon M. Pike's map titled "A Map of The Internal Provinces of New Spain," depicts territories extending from the Baja California Peninsula to Nacogdoches in east Texas, provincial boundaries and capitals, Indian and Spanish villages, and notes on the exploration of the west. Pike's map corrected and improved on Alexander von Humboldt's manuscript map of New Spain, which was not published until 1811, but was available to Pike. He was able to use firsthand knowledge gained from his exploration of the Southwest and the West at the beginning of the 1800s. Pike was a soldier in the U.S Army, and in August of 1805, General James Wilkinson tasked him with conducting an exploration of the upper Mississippi River, which ended in St. Louis in April of 1806. After the successful conclusion of th