Fisher, Samuel Rhoads and Elias Wightman. Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas and Environs. 1838. Maps of Asia made so that the Florentine

made so that the Florentine Vespucci could claim to have beaten the Genoan Columbus to the New World

placing the title cartouche over the “Neutral Ground” west of the Mississippi claimed by both the United States and Spain

Work: 29 ½ x 36 ½  x 23 ½

incorporating discoveries by the Portuguese and by Ferdinand Magellan

The Indians of the Columbia say that it breeds on the ground

Fisher, Samuel Rhoads and Elias Wightman. Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas and Environs. 1838. Maps of Asia made so that the FlorentineFisher, Samuel Rhoads and Elias Wightman Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas and Environs 1838 24 x 38 inches Early Plat Map of Matagorda, the third oldest town in Texas. Remarkable early plat map of Matagorda, Texas, almost certainly drawn by Elias Wightman, with certification in the hand of S. Rhodes Fisher. The map provides significant detail, including streets, town lots, and public buildings and spaces. Lots are numbered, and color coded, with