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Map Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico : segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha república y construido por las mejores autoridades

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Title

  • Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico : segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha república y construido por las mejores autoridades

Names

  • Disturnell, John, 1801-1877, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • New York : Lo publican J. Disturnell, 1847.

Headings

  • -  Mexico--Maps
  • -  Southwest, New--Maps
  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  Mexico--Historical geography--Maps
  • -  United States--Historical geography--Maps
  • -  Mexican War, 1846-1848--Maps
  • -  Mexico
  • -  United States--Southwest, New

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • -  Area covered includes the southwestern part of the present United States.
  • -  Handwritten in lower margin: 8th edition.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington.
  • -  Includes distance and statistical tables, 2 profiles: Profile of the route between Mexico and Vera Cruz and Profile of the route between Mexico and Acapulco, and illustration.
  • -  Inset maps: Map showing the battle grounds of the 8th and 9th May 1846 / by J.H. Eaton -- Chart of the Bay of Vera Cruz / drawn by order of V. Admiral Baudin -- Plan of Monterey and its environs -- Tampico and its environs.
  • -  Eighth edition of J. Disturnell map. See A la Carte, Selected papers on Maps and Atlases, GA231.R5, pages 212-221 for various editions.
  • -  When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 32 panels to enable folding.
  • -  The map cover (marbled stiff-paper) is affixed to the cloth backing in 2 separate panels.
  • -  Copy imperfect: Fold lined, use-worn, brittle, foxed, torn at fold lines, annotated in red ink, hemmed at edges with green fabric.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 75 x 105 cm, folded 14 x 19 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4410 1847 .D53

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019361161

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Disturnell, John, Cartographer. Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico: segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha república y construido por las mejores autoridades. New York: Lo publican J. Disturnell, 1847. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019361161/.

APA citation style:

Disturnell, J. (1847) Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico: segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha república y construido por las mejores autoridades. New York: Lo publican J. Disturnell. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019361161/.

MLA citation style:

Disturnell, John, Cartographer. Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico: segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha república y construido por las mejores autoridades. New York: Lo publican J. Disturnell, 1847. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019361161/>.