AN ANTIQUE MAP, "United States," BOSTON, CIRCA 1838, hand colored engraving on paper, showing Texas as an independent nation, a page fragment from an atlas, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1802-1887) cartographer. 15" x 23 1/2" Note: The present map is a good example of early American state formation and attributed as a page fragment from An Illustrated Atlas Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries published by T.G. Bradford in 1838. T.G. Bradford is among the first cartographers to record Texas as an independent nation. The Republic of Texas existed from 1836-1846. Provenance: Property from a Fortune 500 Energy Company, Houston, Texas.