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Iconismo hidroterreo o' Mapa Geographico de la America Septentrional Delineado y observado por el Contador de Reales Azogues Don Jose Antonio de Villasenor y Sanchez
Date: 1746
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: Villasenor y Sanchez, Jose Antonio
Scale: 1/2 inch = 45 S. leagues
Size: 15 cm x 21 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: color, photograph
Language: Spanish
AC Number: 02775
Photo Media: color photo & interneg., no. 1983/18-20; color slide, no. 1983/161-20

Iconismo hidroterreo o' Mapa Geographico de la America Septentrional Delineado y observado por el Contador de Reales Azogues Don Jose Antonio de Villasenor y Sanchez Image:
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Description:
[Title translation:] Land and water icon or geographical map of North America, drawn and observed by the Contador de Reales Azogues Don Jose Antonio de Villasenor y Sanchez Covers the southern Gulf Coast, including Texas, Mexico, and New Mexico. Shows rivers, mountainous areas, towns, presidios-- incuding Los Adaes and La Bahia, missions, Indians, and windrows. Inset: [Part of New Mexico]. This map is in Spanish. Long. 288 - 264 deg. This is a color photograph (and internegative) in the Archives' Photograph Collection, no. 1983/18-20. A color slide is also available, no. 1983/161-20. The original map is in the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Espana, Mapas y Planos, Mexico, no. 161. 8/30/83 Revised 11/3/97

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