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Map Plano de la nobilísima ciudad de México Mexico tenux titlan ciudad de la America la mas hermosa, y Rica Asiento de los Exmos. Sres. Virreyes de esta nueva España

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Title

  • Plano de la nobilísima ciudad de México

Other Title

  • Mexico tenux titlan ciudad de la America la mas hermosa, y Rica Asiento de los Exmos. Sres. Virreyes de esta nueva España

Names

  • Iniesta Bejarano, Ildefonso de., creator.
  • Villavicencio, Manuel de, active 1762-1795.

Created / Published

  • [Mexico] : Manuel Villavicencio, 1778.

Headings

  • -  Mexico City (Mexico)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mexico--Mexico City

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Watercolor washes to distinguish different city areas and 3 loops of string to close along edges.
  • -  Includes a manuscript index to city areas and a descriptive index to buildings.
  • -  Annotated in lower margin in lead-pencil "142566."
  • -  Pencil, pen and Ink inscriptions on verso.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 51 x 57 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4414.M6 1778 .I6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018593089

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Iniesta Bejarano, Ildefonso De., Creator, and Manuel De Villavicencio. Plano de la nobilísima ciudad de México. [Mexico: Manuel Villavicencio, 1778] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018593089/.

APA citation style:

Iniesta Bejarano, I. D. & Villavicencio, M. D. (1778) Plano de la nobilísima ciudad de México. [Mexico: Manuel Villavicencio] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018593089/.

MLA citation style:

Iniesta Bejarano, Ildefonso De., Creator, and Manuel De Villavicencio. Plano de la nobilísima ciudad de México. [Mexico: Manuel Villavicencio, 1778] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018593089/>.