History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 5
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INTRODUC'I'ION.
THE gulf of Mexico is somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe,
having at the two heels Capes Florida and Catorce, and a per-
imeter of three thousand miles. Its opening is defended and
adorned by the island of Cuba, possessing some of the finest
harbors in the world. Commencing at Cape Florida, we find
the ports and harbors are as numerous as could be desired.
They are-Tampa, Apalachie, Mobile, New Orleans, Achafa-
laya, Calcasieu, Sabine, Galveston, Matagorda, Corpus Christi,
Brasos Santiago, Soto la Marina, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Tehuan-
tepec, Campeachy, Sisal, and Sagartos. True, some of them
are of small capacity ; yet they are sufficient for the vast com-
merce of this great inland sea, and the rich territories that
border it.
At the toe of this great shoe lies the territory of TEXAs, ex-
tending from the twenty-sixth nearly to the thirtieth parallel
of north latitude, a distance of 380 miles along the coast.
It extends into the interior to the parallel of thirty-six and a
half degrees north, and lies between the ninety-fourth and the
one hundred and fifth degrees of longitude west from Green-
wich-embracing an area of two hundred and thirty-seven
thousand square miles, or about one hundred and fifty millions
of acres. The country along the coast is a level prairie ; but,ki ,
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/13/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.