Fisher, Samuel Rhoads and Elias Wightman. Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas and Environs. 1838. Maps of Asia in the late 1830s

in the late 1830s

placing the title cartouche over the “Neutral Ground” west of the Mississippi claimed by both the United States and Spain

(2002) La Harpe’s Post: A Tale of French Wichita Contact on the Eastern Plains

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Fisher, Samuel Rhoads and Elias Wightman. Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas and Environs. 1838. Maps of Asia in the late 1830sFisher, Samuel Rhoads and Elias Wightman Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas and Environs 1838 24 x 38 inches Early Plat Map of Matagorda, the third oldest town in Texas. Remarkable early plat map of Matagorda, Texas, almost certainly drawn by Elias Wightman, with certification in the hand of S. Rhodes Fisher. The map provides significant detail, including streets, town lots, and public buildings and spaces. Lots are numbered, and color coded, with