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America Transformed: Published a year after the annexation of Texas, at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, this map depicts the northern region of Mexico (today part of the United States). It reveals a cultural landscape with both Spanish and Native settlements. Besides the Spanish settlements in southeastern Texas, there were three other clusters in this northern region – the upper Rio Grande (New Mexico), southern Arizona, and the California coast. While some Spanish settlements had been established more than a century earlier, Spanish culture was imposed on numerous Native groups already living in the area including the Pueblo, Numunu (Comanche), N’Dee (Apache), Hopitushínumu (Hopi), and Diné (Navajo).<br/><br/>America Transformed: Viewpoint: This map offers a great example of the fluidity of geography, as we can see how its meaning had shifted and would shift again. Lost in the designs of nation-states are the numerous indigenous geographies (still visible in maps like this) that remain in place and persist to this day. –Natchee Blu Barnd, Oregon State University
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Document identity
localId
4m90fj06h
label
Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fj06h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico
description
America Transformed: Published a year after the annexation of Texas, at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, this map depicts the northern region of Mexico (today part of the United States). It reveals a cultural landscape with both Spanish and Native settlements. Besides the Spanish settlements in southeastern Texas, there were three other clusters in this northern region – the upper Rio Grande (New Mexico), southern Arizona, and the California coast. While some Spanish settlements had been established more than a century earlier, Spanish culture was imposed on numerous Native groups already living in the area including the Pueblo, Numunu (Comanche), N’Dee (Apache), Hopitushínumu (Hopi), and Diné (Navajo).<br/><br/>America Transformed: Viewpoint: This map offers a great example of the fluidity of geography, as we can see how its meaning had shifted and would shift again. Lost in the designs of nation-states are the numerous indigenous geographies (still visible in maps like this) that remain in place and persist to this day. –Natchee Blu Barnd, Oregon State University
date
["1846"]
year
1846
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Spanish
identifierLocal
06_01_011770
creators
Disturnell, John, 1801-1877
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mexico--Maps
Southwest, New--Maps
Southwestern States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Mexico
North and Central America
Southwest
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Nueva York
publisher
J. Disturnell
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
33
schema:longitude
-108
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 75 x 94 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Differs from other 1846 variants in having all the following details: "scale of English miles" instead of "scale of miles," "revised edition," "Rinconada Pass" near Monterrey, Mexico, and trail between San Antonio and Austin (source: Rittenhouse's Disturnell's treaty map. Stagecoach Press, 1965.).
Prime meridian: Washington.
Inset: Carta de los caminos &c. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Méjico."
Includes illustration, distance table and statistics table.
In Spanish. Some labels in English.
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no
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4m90fj06h
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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368d95e8475ad889