1891 North Galveston Texas Promotional Land Development Poster
by Peter Ogden
Title
1891 North Galveston Texas Promotional Land Development Poster
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Drawing - Lithograph
Description
This is a reproduction of an authentic antique 1891 real estate development promotional map for North Galveston, Texas. The map was sponsored by real estate developer Louis F. Menage. Features of the map include Galveston Bay, the levee and Dickinson Bayou.
Indigenous inhabitants of Galveston Island called the island Auia. Though there is no certainty regarding their route and their landings, Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked at a place he called "Isla de Malhado" in November 1528. This could have referred to Galveston Island or San Luis Island. During his charting of the Gulf Coast in 1785, the Spanish explorer José de Evia labeled the water features surrounding the island "Bd. de Galvestown" and "Bahia de Galvestowm" [sic]. He was working under the orders of Bernardo de Gálvez. In his early chart, he calls the western end of the island "Isla de San Luis" and the eastern end "Pt. de Culebras". Evia did not label the island itself on his map of 1799. Just five years later Alexander von Humboldt borrows the place names Isla de San Luis, Pte. De Culebras, and Bahia de Galveston. Stephen F. Austin followed his predecessors in the use of "San Luis Island", but introduced "Galveston" to refer to the little village at the east end of the island. Evidence of the name Galveston Island appears on the 1833 David H. Burr documents.
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June 30th, 2017
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