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Source Description
Baron Alexander von Humboldt was a German geographer who visited the region in 1803 and researched unpublished cartographic resources and documents in the Mexican archives. The resulting map provided Europeans and Americans with the most comprehensive printed geography of Mexico to date, recognizing the names and lands of Native Americans living on the country’s northern frontier (today’s southwestern United States).
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Document identity
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wd376220x
label
Carte du Mexique et des pays limitrophes situés au nord et à l'est
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obj
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map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd376220x
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carte du Mexique et des pays limitrophes situés au nord et à l'est
description
Baron Alexander von Humboldt was a German geographer who visited the region in 1803 and researched unpublished cartographic resources and documents in the Mexican archives. The resulting map provided Europeans and Americans with the most comprehensive printed geography of Mexico to date, recognizing the names and lands of Native Americans living on the country’s northern frontier (today’s southwestern United States).
date
["1811"]
year
1811
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_006778
creators
Poirson, J. B. (Jean Baptiste), 1760-1831
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps
Mexico--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Mexico
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
chez F. Schoell
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map ; 41 x 71 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
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no
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wd376220x
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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23577281e89c2a6f