The Texas Triptych - Three Map Collection

The Evolving Shape of Texas When I say Texas, what shape springs to mind for you? Over the last couple of centuries, the name "Texas" represented several shapes. Most people only recognize one...maybe two.  Each shape represents a vital epoch in our history. Each shape was the container that held (and holds) a unique cast of characters acting on the historical stage. This three-map collection brings the evolving shape of Texas and the full saga of her history home to you - the players, the politics, the battles, and probably some of your kin. Here are three important maps made at pivotal times in Texas history. This is what you get: 1) The Mitchell-Young map pre-dates the Revolution by just a hair. It was made as Santa Anna's army made a grueling winter march into Texas. It was a pocket map, meant to be carried by would-be Texians en route to Mexican Texas. It contained everything an emigrant would need to know about his new home: It shows the empresario grants, towns and roads bet