Revisualizing Westward Expansion

A New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, S. A. Mitchell, 1846 At the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, until October 12, Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800–1900, an exhibition of maps from UTA’s Virginia Garrett Cartographic History Library: “[T]he maps in this exhibition span the century, from Aaron Arrowsmith’s great 1796 map of the United States to a colorful 1902 map showing not only the American West but also territories acquired by the United States in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Among the rarest of these is a large map of Mexico drawn by John H. Robinson, a medical doctor who accompanied explorer Zebulon Pike’s ill-fated western expedition in 1806–1807.” Note the brief item in the Pegasus News (whose headline writer needs to read Lynne Truss).

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Posted on Monday, July 28, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Categories: Antique Maps, Exhibitions

Comments

It’s pretty embarrassing when a guy from Canada has to let me know about a map exhibit going on in my own hometown! Shall I just turn in my blogging card now or wait for the official withdrawal letter?

Seriously, I’ve seen some of the great stuff in the Virginia Garrett Collection. It’s well worth the visit and the Carter Museum is a great place to view art.

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