Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent: Emory, 1844

Title: Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent Author: William Hemsley Emory  Date: 1844 Condition: See description  Inches: 21 3/4 x 14 [Image] Centimeters: 55.24 x 35.56 [Image] Product ID: 308275 The First U.S. Government Map of The Republic of Texas, the Stovepipe Map On a scale of 105 miles to the inch, this is the smaller issue of Emory's landmark map which was made for use by the United States Senate during negotiations for the annexation of Texas and is the first U.S. Government map showing Texas as a contained unit. The Republic of Texas is drawn with the boundary claims of the Texas Congress of 1836 based on the Second (Secret) Treaty of Velasco.  In the map, and according to the treaty, Texas lays claim to portions of present-day New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and Wyoming. Streeter lists this issue in his bibliography noting that it is "on smaller scale, and with slight varying title" (Engeneers is misspelled). There is no order given as to which issue was print