Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas.

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2 volumes, 8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.22.9 x 14 cm). 2 engraved folding maps: Arrowsmith's "Map of Texas" handcolored in outline, and Cheffin's "Map of the Republic of Texas and the Adjacent Territories," and 2 full-page maps; 3 small holes at fold intersections and short marginal tear at mount on Arrowsmith map, marginal finger soiling and discoloration to vol. 1 title-page. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in blind, spines lettered gilt, yellow-coated endpapers; vol. 1 text block sprung from casing and head of spine detached but present; extremities of vol. 2 lightly rubbed. Red cloth slipcase. (64F9D) FIRST EDITION, CONSIDERED THE SINGLE BEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORK ON TEXAS, AND EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL IN ENCOURAGING EUROPEAN EMIGRATION TO THE REGION AND IN ESTABLISHING TEXAS AS AN INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE. Kennedy's compilation covers the geography and natural features of Texas as well as its history during the revolution and early years of the Republic, with many of the basic documents of the revolution also included. Its importance is also distinguished by the maps it contains. John Arrowsmith's"A Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the Land Office of Texas, and Other Official Surveys" was one of the earliest to mark the towns, counties, military routes, rivers, creeks, and locations of various Indian tribes. It also features two inset maps being a plan of Galveston Bay and one of North America from lower Canada to Central America with Republic of Texas outlined in pink. According to Jenkins, it was apparently only included in a small number of the first edition. "Regarded as the best and most useful map of Texas at the time of its publication. The depiction of the western boundary of Texas as the Rio Grande as far north as its source reflects the popular notion of that period and helps to illustrate the rationale behind the ill-fated Santa Fe expedition. The map was widely copied, attested by the number of times Arrowsmith's errors in the Panhandle area describing that territory as well-wooded and watered were added to many later maps. Despite this mistake, the map is generally one of the best maps for the Republic period" (Amon Carter Museum, Crossroads of Empire: Early Printed Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 1513-1900. p. 33). Cheffins' "Map of the Republic of Texas and the Adjacent Territories, Indicating the Grants of Land Conceded under the Empresario System of Mexico" shows Texas divided into land grants, including Stephen Austin's, and the southern border as the Nueces River. This contrasts with Arrowsmith who shows the southwest border of Texas at the Rio Grande. However, it is a detailed map that includes place locations for mines, forts, Droves of Wild Cattle & Horses, the Mustang or Wild Horse Desert, and the vast expanse of prairies. Kennedy, an Irishman by birth, was appointed by the by the Texas government as Texan Consul in London and later as British Consul at Galveston. In 1842 he obtained a contract to settle 600 families south of the Nueces, but the proposed colony was never realized. Kennedy returned to England in poor health in 1847 and retired on a pension in 1849. REFERENCES: Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 117; Eberstadt, Texas, 162:458; Graff 2308; Howes K92; Phillips, America, p. 843; Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West 451; Sabin 37440; Streeter 1385. N° de ref. del artículo 65ERM0110

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