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Amérique Septentrionale : corrigée et augmentée en 1816

This map shows North America including present-day Canada, United States, and parts of Mexico. Some regions are outlined in color. Some cities, Native American tribes, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown pictorially). Prime meridians: Paris and l’Isle de Fer.
Date: 1816
Creator: Tardieu, B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique Septentrionale, ou Colombie

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Several countries are outlined in color. Some cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date: 1816
Creator: Lapie, M. (Pierre), 1779-1850 & Giraldon
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte de la route que mène depuis la capitale de la Nouvelle Espagne jusqu'à S. Fe du Nouveau Mexique dressée sur les journaux de Don Pedro de Rivera et en partie sur les observations astronomiques de Mr. de Humboldt ; dessiné et redigé par F. Friesen à Berlin 1807 ; gravé par Barrière, et l'écriture par L. Aubert, directeur du dit ouvrage.

Maps show "Route de Chihuahua à Santa Fe", "Route de Durango à Chihuahua", and "Route de Mexico à Durango." this sheet appeared in the author's Physical Geographical Atlas of the Kingdom of New Spain. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:2,150,000], [ca. 1:2,200,000], and [ca. 1:2,300,000].
Date: 1812
Creator: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish North America.

Map shows provinces of New Spain, cities, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Appears in Thomson's New general atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,300,000].
Date: 1814
Creator: unknown
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

Lakes of Mexico.

Map shows late eighteenth or very early nineteenth century geography and settlements in or near "Lake Tezcuco" [Lake Texcoco], "Lake Chalco," and smaller bodies of water in the Valley of Mexico. No scale indicated. This map, engraved by Alexander Lawson, appeared in the book 'The History Of Mexico. Collected From Spanish And Mexican Historians' by Francesco Saverio Clavijero.
Date: 1817
Creator: Lawson, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of New Spain from 16 [degrees] to 38 [degrees] North Latitude : Reduced from the Large Map Drawn from Astronomical Observations at Mexico in the Year 1804 and Comprehending the Whole of the Information in the Original Map, Except the Heights of Mountains.

Map shows provinces, cities, military posts, areas of Native American habitation, mines, and geographic features. Includes legend and notes on explorers and dates of their discoveries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000].
Date: 1810
Creator: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of the internal provinces of New Spain: The outlines are from the sketches of, but corrected and improved by Captain Zebulon M. Pike, who was conducted through that country, in the year 1807 by order of the Commandant General of those provinces.

Map shows the "boundary between the Vice Royalty and the Internal Provinces which are independent of the Vice Roy." Includes notes. Scale [ca.1:4,827,000]. Map comes from Expedition of Zebulon Montgomery Pike by Elliott Coues
Date: 1810
Creator: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish North America.

Map shows provinces of New Spain, cities, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Appears in Thomson's New general atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,300,000].
Date: 1814
Creator: Thomson, John, 19th cent.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish North America.

Map shows provinces of New Spain, cities, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Appears in Thomson's New general atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,300,000].
Date: [1814..1824]
Creator: Thomson, John, 19th cent.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish North America.

Map shows provinces of New Spain, cities, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Appears in Thomson's New general atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,300,000].
Date: [1814..1824]
Creator: Thomson, John, 19th cent.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale.

Map shows cities, areas of Native American habiatation, mid-continent as "Haute Louisiane ou Territ. du Missouri," upper Mexico, Michigan extending well west of Lake Michigan. Relief shown pictorially.Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000].
Date: 1819
Creator: Tardieu, P. F. (Pierre François), 1757-1822
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish dominions in North America, middle part.

Map shows "intendancies" [of New Spain], cities and towns, mining activity, and military posts, and areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1811
Creator: Hebert, L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte du Mexique et pays limitrophes situés au nord et à l'est : dressée d'après la grande carte de la Nouvelle Espagne de Mr. A. de Humboldt et d'autres matériaux.

Map shows early nineteenth century towns, political divisions, areas of Native American habitation, major cities and and mining activity in Mexico and neighboring countries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1811
Creator: Poirson, J. B. (Jean Baptiste), 1760-1831
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte du Mexique et pays limitrophes situés au nord et à l'est : dressée d'après la grande carte de la Nouvelle Espagne de Mr. A. de Humboldt et d'autres matériaux.

Map shows early nineteenth century towns, political divisions, areas of Native American habitation, major cities and and mining activity in Mexico and neighboring countries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1811
Creator: Poirson, J. B. (Jean Baptiste), 1760-1831
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish North America

Map shows cities and villages, provinces, areas of Indian habitation, military outposts, waterways, ports for New Spain, French Louisiana, and a portion of the United States; coloration appearing to include unlabeled [modern-day] Southwest as part of Louisiana. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,300,000].
Date: 1814
Creator: Thomson, John, 19th cent.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of New Spain from 16 [degrees] to 38 [degrees] North Latitude : Reduced from the Large Map Drawn from Astronomical Observations at Mexico in the Year 1804 and Comprehending the Whole of the Information in the Original Map, Except the Heights of Mountains.

Map shows provinces, cities, military posts, areas of Native American habitation, mines, and geographic features. Includes legend and notes on explorers and dates of their discoveries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000].
Date: 1810
Creator: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from José Antonio de Cuellar to Ildefonso Ramón, December 21, 1819] (open access)

[Letter from José Antonio de Cuellar to Ildefonso Ramón, December 21, 1819]

Letter from José Antonio de Cuellar to Ildefonso Ramón wanting some information from back records.
Date: 1819-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from José Antonio Benites to Francisco de la Garza, October 19, 1818] (open access)

[Letter from José Antonio Benites to Francisco de la Garza, October 19, 1818]

Message from José Antonio Benites to Francisco de la Garza, alcalde in Laredo, saying that Francesca Gutiérrez wants her servant back. According to the story, her servant, Alejandra Rodríguez fled as she owed a debt.
Date: 1818-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice from José Antonio Benites to José Francisco de la Garza, December 9, 1818] (open access)

[Notice from José Antonio Benites to José Francisco de la Garza, December 9, 1818]

Notice from José Antonio Benites to José Francisco de la Garza saying he is sending a horse, presumably stolen, and a deserter to Laredo.
Date: 1818-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order from Francisco López] (open access)

[Order from Francisco López]

Order from Francisco López saying that any Spaniard or foreigner without a passport should be detained and his belongings confiscated.
Date: 1815-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from Joaquín de Arredondo] (open access)

[Announcement from Joaquín de Arredondo]

Message from Joaquín de Arredondo announcing a decree on troop maintenance, delivered to alcaldes in Laredo.
Date: June 20, 1815
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Repeated Decree from Comandante Corregidor] (open access)

[Repeated Decree from Comandante Corregidor]

Message from the Comandante Gorregidor repeating a decree from the Chief of Police in Mexico that persons should be punished in proportion to their crime, and not excessively. The document is badly stained and most of the text is not legible.
Date: 1817-07~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from Viceroy Calleja] (open access)

[Announcement from Viceroy Calleja]

Announcement from Viceroy Calleja with changes in taxes on commercial shipping. The bottom of the document has a short paragraph from Juan de Juanicotena, saying where the message was sent to within Nuevo Santander such as Laredo, Reynosa, Camargo, etc.
Date: 1813-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History