Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico
  • Parallel Title [Map of the United States of Mexico, 1828]
  • Added Title Carta de los Caminos &c. Desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico

Creator

  • Cartographer: White, Gallaher & White
    Creator Type: Organization

Contributor

  • Engraver: Balch & Stiles
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: New York, New York

Publisher

  • Name: White, Gallaher & White
    Place of Publication: New York, New York
    Additional Info: "Lo publican White, Gallaher y White."

Date

  • Creation: 1828-05-31
  • Digitized: 2008-05-08

Language

  • Spanish

Description

  • Content Description: Engraved map of the United States of Mexico and the surrounding areas. Major cities are marked and the Mexican states are outlined in color. Bodies of water and geographic features are also marked, with relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:4,752,000 Near the lower-left of the page, there is a table showing distances between cities (Tabla de Distancias) and a table of statistical notes regarding size, population, etc. for each state (Tabla Estadistica). There is also an inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Carta de los Caminos &c. Desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico" (Map of the Roads etc. from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to Mexico). The inset has markings for geographic features as well as major roads and separate symbols for capitals, important cities, villages, and haciendas. Scale ca. 1:1,267,200
  • Physical Description: 1 map : hand col. ; 79 x 110 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Water - Gulf of Mexico
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Water - Rivers
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Mexico
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Mexico - Texas

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: Mexico
  • Time Period: mex-tex
  • Coverage Date: 1828

Collection

  • Name: Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures
    Code: FWHT
  • Name: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
    Code: UTAM

Institution

  • Name: University of Texas at Arlington Library
    Code: UTA

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 141_7_00640
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth41376

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
  • Display Note: "Entered according to Act of Congress May 31st, 1828 by White, Gallaher & White."
  • Display Note: Full title in upper-right corner: Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico, Sugun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha República: y construido por las mejores autoridades.
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