Burr Map of the State of Texas

Texas. David Burr (1803-1875). Engraved Map with original hand color in full. New York: J. H. Colton & Co., 1834. Second Edition. 17 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches visible, 30 x 33 1/2 inches framed
This is the second edition of this scarce and important map of Texas. The first edition was issued in 1833 and a third edition in 1835. Streeter also lists an 1845 edition with the title changed to "The State of Texas." Streeter refers to this map as "the first large scale map of Texas... to show all of Texas to the Arkansas River" and states that "The Burr map, like the Austin Map, is one of the landmarks of Texas cartography..." The detail on the land grants is the best for its time. The 1833 issue shows a smaller Texas extending west to the 103rd meridian, whereas the 1834 and 1835 issues show a much expanded Texas extending west to about the 106th meridian and north to the Arkansas River. There is an inset map of Galveston Bay that Streeter refers to as "1st detailed printed chart of Galveston Bay?" Above the inset map is a table of Distances.