Texas State Archives Map Collection
Mapa del Viaxe que el ano 1690 hizo el Gobernador Alonso de Leon desde Coahuila hasta la Carolina, Provincia, habilitada de Texas y otras Naciones al Nordeste de la Nueva Espana
| Date: | 1690 |
| Publisher: | -- None Listed -- |
| Cartographer: | -- None Listed -- |
| Scale: | 1/2 inch = 11 S. leagues |
| Size: | 19 cm x 19 cm |
| Type of Map: | other |
| Format: | color, photograph |
| Language: | Spanish |
| AC Number: | 02759 |
| Photo Media: | color photo & interneg., no. 1983/18-4; color slide is no. 1983/161-4 |
Mapa del Viaxe que el ano 1690 hizo el Gobernador Alonso de Leon desde Coahuila hasta la Carolina, Provincia, habilitada de Texas y otras Naciones al Nordeste de la Nueva Espana Image:
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Description:
[Title translation:] Map of a trip in the year 1690 made by the Governor Alonzo de Leon from Coahuila to Carolina [east Texas], an inhabited Province of Texas and other nations to the northeast of New Spain
Shows the route of Alonzo de Leon and rivers crossed along the route. The rivers are labeled and the points stopped at are shown. A chart on the map indicates the time, date, and distance between points. Inset: Descripcion exacte del Lago de S. Bernado y del de Todos Santos que Nueuamente fe hallo' efe ano de 1690 (An exact description of lake San Bernado and Todos Santos which have been newly made in the year 1690). Shows water routes and the types of vessels used. A French settlement is shown. The map is in Spanish.
This is a color photograph (and internegative) in the Archives' Photograph Collection, no. 1983/18-4. A color slide is also available, no. 1983/161-4. The original map is in the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Espana, Mapas y Planos, Mexico, no. 88. Size of the original is 58 cm x 58 cm. A large tracing of this map is map 70a.
8/18/83
Revsied 11/3/97
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