Nuevo mapa geographico de la America septentrional, perteneciente al Virreynato de Mexico dedicado à los sabios miembros de la Academia Real de las Ciencias de Paris

Description:

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian used is that of Ferro; scale is expressed in an "Escala de 105 leugas [sic] Castillanas de 17 1/2 en grado" beneath the key. Note at lower left: "Publié sous le privilége de l'Académie R.le des Sciences de Paris." Above this is a note "Depuis l'envoy de cette Carte [in 1768?], le voyage de Mr. [Jean] Chappe [d'Auteroche] à la Californie a procuré des corrections dans la position de différens endroits qu'il est intéressant d'indiquer ici;" there follow coordinates for the correct positions of Nueva Vera Cruz, Mexico City and San José Baja California. These data, especially for the last-named, were taken in the course of observing the 1769 Transit of Venus. A key within the title cartouche gives the letters of 6 dioceses of New Spain and explains conventional symbols. At center left is the note "Esta costa se hà dispuerto por el unico reconocimiento que se hà hecho de ella en el Año de 1602, por Sebastian Viscayno."

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/7946571

Identifier:

ark:/88435/6m311r81r

Language:

spa

Creator:

Alzate y Ramírez, José Antonio de, 1737-1799

Publisher:

[A Paris : Ph. Buache, 1772]

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

New Spain—Maps—Early works to 1800, Mexico—Maps—Early works to 1800, and Maps—Mexico—1772

Spatial Coverage:

Mexico

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF