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Map El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacion de los Limites de los Dominios Españoles y de los Estados Unidos por el P.D. Jose Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Fracisco Xavier Venegas Virrey de esta N.E. &. Año de 1811.

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Title

  • El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacion de los Limites de los Dominios Españoles y de los Estados Unidos por el P.D. Jose Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Fracisco Xavier Venegas Virrey de esta N.E. &. Año de 1811.

Names

  • Pichardo, José Antonio, 1748-1812, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • [Approximately 1811]

Headings

  • -  West (U.S.)--Boundaries--History--19th century--Maps
  • -  Boundary disputes--West (U.S.)--19th century--Maps
  • -  Louisiana Purchase--History--Maps
  • -  Texas--Boundaries--Maps
  • -  Louisiana--Boundaries--Maps
  • -  West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  United States--West
  • -  United States--Louisiana Purchase
  • -  United States--Texas
  • -  United States--Louisiana

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially and by hachures.
  • -  Spanish manuscript map of Spanish Texas, Louisiana Territory and the Trans-Mississippi West, prepared for the use by the Spanish Crown in defending its claims to Spanish Texas against the United States' post-Louisiana Purchase of the lands between the Mississippi River and the Rio Grande.
  • -  Shows four proposed boundary lines, in red and in another color of ink, between New Spain and the United States, drawn by Pichardo, Spanish place names and features, settlements, missions, names of explorers and tracks of their routes.
  • -  Imperfect: Missing upper right portion of sheet and some torn at fold lines.
  • -  Manuscript map encapsulated in clear plastic.
  • -  Accompanied by facsimile of a different version of the map. 80 x 114 cm.
  • -  Includes descriptive notes.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map ; 91 x 126 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4051.F2 1811 .P5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016588016

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Pichardo, José Antonio, Cartographer. El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacion de los Limites de los Dominios Españoles y de los Estados Unidos por el P.D. Jose Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Fracisco Xavier Venegas Virrey de esta N.E. &. Año de. [Approximately, 1811] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016588016/.

APA citation style:

Pichardo, J. A. (1811) El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacion de los Limites de los Dominios Españoles y de los Estados Unidos por el P.D. Jose Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Fracisco Xavier Venegas Virrey de esta N.E. &. Año de. [Approximately] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016588016/.

MLA citation style:

Pichardo, José Antonio, Cartographer. El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacion de los Limites de los Dominios Españoles y de los Estados Unidos por el P.D. Jose Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Fracisco Xavier Venegas Virrey de esta N.E. &. Año de. [Approximately, 1811] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016588016/>.