Resource Type

Mapa de Mexico

This map shows the country of Mexico and surrounding areas. Mexican states are marked with dotted lines and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures). In the lower left corner, there is an inset showing the western hemisphere (North and South America, the United States, and Mexico are labled) as well as a graphic chart of comparative elevations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Torres, V. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique Septentrionale en 1540

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country or region is outlined in color and labeled. Major cities and bodies of water are marked. There are several notations on areas throughout the map and there is text beneath the map with information regarding explorations and discoveries with a color key. Scale [ca. 1:33,333,333].
Date: unknown
Creator: Houzé, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Északi-Amerika.

Map shows North and Central America, outlined areas of United States considered to be part of the Confederacy, the Union, and the states of Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland as neither. Includes key to European claims in North America, key to volcanoes, and number key to New England states. Insets: "Az Aleuti Szigetcsoport" [Aleutian Islands]and "Kis Antillák" [Lesser Antilles Keys/Islands]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:20,000,000].
Date: 1864
Creator: Heckenast, Gustav, 1811-1878.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tourist map of Mexico City]

Map shows late nineteenth century Mexico City street names, parks, churches, and points of interest. Includes index to numbered locations and handwritten notes. Inset: [advertisement for] Blake's Book Store, C. de Gante, 8. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: Blake's Book Store
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Central America [Map] II: Including Texas, California and the northern states of Mexico.

Map shows areas of geographical interest and areas of Native American habitation; Texas boundaries include Santa Fe. Includes historical notes and dates of exploration, key to abbreviations used. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:7,600,000].
Date: 1842
Creator: J. & C. Walker
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

América Septentrional.

Map shows North America, Central America, Greater Antilles, "America Rusa," "Nueva Bretana," "Virreinato de Mexico," the West Indies, and isolated portion of Pacific Coast as British possession. Native American areas of occupancy are also noted. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1805..1825]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Estados Unidos de la América Septentrional.

Map shows the United States as three distinct territories consisting of the eastern, mid-west [Missouri Territory], and northwest ["Columbia"] portions. Texas and the Southwest are part of Mexico. Areas of Native American population are also noted. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1825..1845]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Yucatan.

Map shows areas of Yucatán occupied by the insurgent Indians, the governments of Merida and Campeche, and the British; major roads, settlements, and ruins. Includes legend. Map appears in the author's Informe sobre las causas y caracter de los frecuentes cambios politicos ocurridos en el estado de Yucatan. 1861. Scale not given.
Date: 1861
Creator: Suárez y Navarro, Juan, d. 1867
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carta geológica de la República Mexicana.

Map shows geology of Mexico. No scale shown.
Date: 1937
Creator: Instituto Geológico de México.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

División política del edo. de Coahuila.

Map shows the early twentieth century political division of Coahuila, Mexico. No scale shown.
Date: 1938
Creator: Rodríguez González, José, 1880-
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

República Mexicana plano del curso del Rio Coatzacoalcos desde la confluencia del Malatengo hasta su boca en el Seño Mexicano.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century settlements and tributaries of the Coatzacoalcos River in Mexico. Includes notes, table of observations, and legend. Inset: "Plano de la Boca del Rio Coatzacoalcos." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [1:250,000] and [scale 1:50,000].
Date: 1843
Creator: Moro, Cayetano
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Matamoros y Brownsville

Map shows roads, fortifications, street names, interurban lines, and some structures for Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas and vicinity along the Rio Grande. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Clarke & Courts.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish dominions in North America : northern part

Map shows "intendancies" [of New Spain], cities and towns, mining activity, and military posts; northern portions of "Indendancy of S. Louis de Potosi" as savanna; areas of Native American habitation; and much of southern Louisiana [under French rule]. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1811
Creator: Hebert, L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croquis del combate de Churubusco.

Map shows roads, canals, bridges, towns, fortifications, and troop movements in the vicinity of Churubusco. Scale not given.
Date: [1846..1848]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cróquis de las fortificaciones y suburbios de Monterrey con el ataque que dieron los Americanos los dias 21, 22 y 23 de Setiembre de 1846.

Map shows troop placements, fortifications, and the layout of Monterrey and its outlying areas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1846
Creator: Arteaga y Ca.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Monterey.

Map shows early twentieth century Monterey, Mexico street names, railroad lines, and buildings. Includes legend to buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:31,200].
Date: [1909..1911]
Creator: Terry, T. Philip (Thomas Philip), 1864-1945
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cróquis de la accion de Padierna presentada á los Americanos el 19 y 20 de Agosto de 1847.

Map shows military troop movements near the village of San Geronimo and Rancho de Padierna, buildings, and vegetation. Includes key to troop divisions. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croquis de la batalla de la Angostura.

Map shows roads and troop locations in the vicinity of the town of "Buenavista." Includes key to troop divisions. Relief shown by form lines. Scale not given.
Date: 1847
Creator: Arteaga y Ca.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Northern Mexico Location During the Mexican War, 1846-1848]

Map shows roads, vegetation, buildings, encampments, fortifications, troop locations, and battlesites for an unidentified location, probably in northern Mexico during the Mexican War, 1846-1848, possibly on the Rio Grande or other navigable river. Relief shown by hachures. No scale given.
Date: [1846..1848]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano del campo de la Angostura donde se dio la accion de Buenavista, el 22 y 23 De Febrero de 1847, tomado de un croquis del Sor Vander Linden y otros datos por el profesor de Geografia del colegio militar F. Soto.

Map shows Mexican and American troop positions during the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico during 1847. Relief shown by hachures. Scale in Spanish varas where 1 inch equals approximately 191 varas. Scale [ca. 1:16,000].
Date: 1847?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano que demuestra las posiciones de las tropas Mexicanas y Americanas, sobre ambas orillas del Rio Bravo á la vista de la Ciudad de Matamoros.

Map shows battle positions of the U. S. and Mexican troops facing each other across the Rio Grande River outside Matamoros. Scale not given.
Date: 1846?
Creator: Berlandier, Luis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croquis de la batalla dada en Palo-Alto, el 8 de Mayo de 1846 [y] Campamento de las tropas mexicanas en la Resaca de Guerrero el dia [de] 9 de Mayo de 1846.

Map shows battle positions and movements of U. S. and Mexican troops at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de La Palma. Includes legend in Spanish. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1846?
Creator: Cumplido, Ignacio, 1811-1887.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico en 1858.

Map shows a birds-eye view of the streets and surrounding geography of mid-nineteenth century Mexico City, Mexico. Scale not given.
Date: 1858
Creator: Decaen
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of Mexico and the Republic of Texas.

Map shows cities and provinces of Mexico and a separate Texas with boundaries extended to the "Rio Bravo del Norte." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Map comes from History of South America and Mexico by John M. Niles.
Date: 1838
Creator: Niles, John M. (John Milton), 1787-1856
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History