Mitchell, S. Augustus. A New Map of Texas Oregon and California. Philadelphia, 1846. Artists_George Brookshaw probably in Montreal in 1687

probably in Montreal in 1687

A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America

the second

the brother of Louis XIII

Institute for Regional Studies

Mitchell, S. Augustus. A New Map of Texas Oregon and California. Philadelphia, 1846. Artists_George Brookshaw probably in Montreal in 1687S. Augustus A New Map of Texas Oregon and California Philadelphia, 1846 22 x 21 inches Nice example of Mitchell's seminal map of Texas, Oregon, Upper California, Missouri Territory and a massive Indian Territory (covering most of Kansas and Colorado). The region covered by the map was of particular interest in 1846 because of two recent and related events. In 1845, Texas was admitted into the Union, which prompted Mexico to invade Texas in 1846, thus