Satellite imagery has made the jobs of cartographers much easier, but in the 1930s when Texas' oil boom was in full swing, citizens sometimes had to rely on sarcastic hand-drawn maps. Or ...

Austin’s famed map of Texas—published in 1846 ... They’re part of the old Texas milieu, perhaps, is the best way of explaining it.” ...

At the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, 19 maps, nearly 440 years old, are on display — and they look spectacular. "Works on paper are delicate so we're only allowed to put them on ...

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