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Perfil Cortado Sobre la Luka 1.2.

Description: Duplicated blueline map showing a profile of an area around the San Saba River, with pictorial representations. Text at the top includes an explanation of "Plano de el Presidio de San Saba, situado en 31°.38' de Latitud Bor'l. y 273°.27' de Longitud contada desde el Meridiano de el Pico de Tenerife." and additional notes.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Texas and Adjacent Regions in the Eighteenth Century

Description: Map of Texas and adjacent regions in the eighteenth century, showing North American Indian tribes, water bodies, roads, boundaries, and towns and villages. Map includes legend indicating missions, military settlements, Spanish towns, Indian villages, roads, and boundary lines as on the La Fora Map of 1771. Scale [ca. 1:2,661,120] (approximately 42 miles to the inch).
Date: 1915
Creator: Bolton, Herbert E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 3. Spaniards in Indian Country (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish exploration in Texas, covering: (1) The World that Silver Made, (2) Presidios and Missions, (3) La Salle and the French Threat. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T10:43:18/2018-08-24T11:08:09
Duration: 25 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 5. Collapse of Spain in Texas, Part 2 (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T13:04:56/2018-08-24T13:59:17
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 5. Collapse of Spain in Texas, Part 2

Description: Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence.
Date: 2018-08-24T13:04:56/2018-08-24T13:59:17
Duration: 54 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Mapa Geográfico

Description: Blueline map showing the geography around the Texas-Mexico border. Rivers, mountains, and other features are represented pictorially.
Date: 1805
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Die Tochter Tehuan's: oder Texas im vorigen Jahrhundert.

Description: This German text is a work of fiction that paints a historical picture of life in Spanish Texas. The protagonist is a young Spanish immigrant, Don Hesu Navarro, who befriends Tehuan and his family. The action is centered around the San Jose Mission in San Antonio.
Date: 1866
Creator: Hoermann, Alto S. (Alto Sebastian), 1829-1867
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 9, October 1834, through March 20, 1835, Sarahville de Viesca

Description: The papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas include text providing historical context and an overview of events as well as transcriptions of land grant maps and other documentation related to the colony. This volume focuses on the establishment of the colony's capital, Sarahville de Viesca. Index starts on page 589.
Date: 1982
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas, 1913-
Partner: UNT Libraries

La riviere de Missisipi, et ses environs, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.

Description: Map shows south eastern portion of the North America continent including Lake Erie in the north east, a portion of Virginia to the east, the Florida peninsula, the Mississippi River to "les Illinois," the Gulf of Mexico, and portions of Cuba and the Bahamas, "Nouvelle Espagne" [New Spain] and "Nouveau Mexique" [New Mexico]; areas of Native American habitation, major roads or trails, and settlements. Includes notes and population statistics. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. S… more
Date: 1715
Creator: Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

United States of America : compiled from the latest & best authorities.

Description: Map shows the Missouri Territory encompassing most of the land east of the Mississippi River including Texas to the Rio Grande in the south and to the Pecos River to the west; areas of Native American habitation, the Eastern United States to the Mississippi River, the state of Louisiana, North West Territory [Wisconsin and Minnesota], and Michigan Territory. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:7,603,200].
Date: 1818
Creator: Melish, John, 1771-1822
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Die Auswanderer nach Texas. [Part 3]

Description: This German text is the third of a three-part historical novel about German emigration to Texas. Through the novel's fictional characters, the author portrays a romantic version of German emigration to the United States, particularly Texas. Set in the mid- to late-1830s, the novel discusses the history of Texas from Spanish rule up to its time as an independent republic.
Date: 1841
Creator: Belani, H. E. R.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Die Auswanderer nach Texas. [Part 1]

Description: This German text is the first of a three-part historical novel about German emigration to Texas. Through the novel's fictional characters, the author portrays a romantic version of German emigration to the United States, particularly Texas. Set in the mid- to late-1830s, the novel discusses the history of Texas from Spanish rule up to its time as an independent republic.
Date: 1841
Creator: Belani, H. E. R.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Die Auswanderer nach Texas. [Part 2]

Description: This German text is the second of a three-part historical novel about German emigration to Texas. Through the novel's fictional characters, the author portrays a romantic version of German emigration to the United States, particularly Texas. Set in the mid- to late-1830s, the novel discusses the history of Texas from Spanish rule up to its time as an independent republic.
Date: 1841
Creator: Belani, H. E. R.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879.

Description: Illustrated history of Texas, organized into ten sections: [1] General Description of the Country, [2] Texas Under Spanish Domination, 1695--1820, [3] Colonization Under Mexican Domination, 1820--1834, [4] The Revolution, [5] The Republic, From 1837 to 1846, [6] Texas as a State, from 1847 to 1878, [7] Indians, [8] Biographies, [9] History -- Counties, and [10] Miscellaneous Items.
Date: 1879
Creator: Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894
Partner: UNT Libraries
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