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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.
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Document identity
localId
4m90fj61k
label
Battles of Mexico
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fj61k
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Battles of Mexico
description
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.
date
["1847–1848"]
year
1847
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011794
creators
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Maps
Battlefields--Mexico--Mexico City--Maps
Roads--Mexico--Mexico City--Maps
Buildings--Mexico--Mexico City--Maps
Mexico City (Mexico)--History--American occupation, 1847-1848--Maps
Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)--Maps
Churubusco (Distrito Federal, Mexico)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Churubusco
Distrito Federal
Mexico
Mexico City
México
North and Central America
Valley of Mexico
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Mexico
city
Churubusco
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington, D.C.
publisher
C.B. Graham,
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
19.35
schema:longitude
-99.116667
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 60 x 85 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.
Shows positions and routes of troops by brigade, division, battalions, and batteries; location of fortifications, buildings, roads, streets, ranches, and terrain for Mexico City and the vicinity to the south and east.
Includes key to symbols and casualty statistics for the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec.
In lower left corner: "Bureau Corps T. Engineers. 3rd March 1848. Examined & approved, J.J. Abert, Col. Corps T.E."
"Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1848, by Curtis B. Graham, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia."
Inset: Part of the Valley of Mexico.
Routes and fortifications colored.
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no
dcId
4m90fj61k
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
2e23cc89a7a2e0d0