{"id":1785433,"date":"2018-04-20T11:21:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785433"},"modified":"2018-04-20T11:21:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:21:30","slug":"texas-am-acquires-copy-of-austins-1830-map-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/04\/texas-am-acquires-copy-of-austins-1830-map-of-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M Acquires Copy of Austin’s 1830 Map of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen F. Austin, Map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states<\/i>, 1830. Map, 74 \u00d7 60 cm. Library of Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Texas A&M University Libraries has acquired a rare copy of Stephen F. Austin’s 1830 map of Texas<\/a>. Called “the first map of Texas printed in the United States” and “the first meaningful map of Texas” (presumably there’s an earlier map of Coahuila y Tejas<\/a> out there), only eight copies of the 1830 edition are known to survive. (Above is a scan of the Library of Congress’s copy<\/a>.) The map will be on temporary display from today through May 4th and will be the centrepiece of a future exhibition. KBTX-TV<\/a>, press release<\/a>. [Tony Campbell<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Texas A&M University Libraries has acquired a rare copy of Stephen F. Austin’s 1830 map of Texas. Called “the first map of Texas printed in the United States” and “the first meaningful map of… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[48,369],"class_list":["post-1785433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-libraries","tag-texas","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785027,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/connecting-texas-map-exhibition-in-san-antonio\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785433,"position":0},"title":"Connecting Texas: Map Exhibition in San Antonio","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Connecting Texas: 300 Years of Trails, Rails, and Roads, an exhibition of 300 years' worth of maps and documents from the\u00a0Texas General Land Office and several private map collectors, is on now at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and runs until 17 September 2018. 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