Texas State Archives Map Collection



Mapa del Dexxotezo que hizo el Comte. Cavro. a Croix por las Provincias de su cargo desde la Cuidad a Durango hasta la Villa a Chihuahua…
Date: 1778
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 40 leagues
Size: 17 cm x 20 cm
Type of Map: other
Format: color, photograph
Language: Spanish
AC Number: 02788
Photo Media: color photo & interneg., no. 1983/18-34; color slide, no. 1983/161-34

Mapa del Dexxotezo que hizo el Comte. Cavro. a Croix por las Provincias de su cargo desde la Cuidad a Durango hasta la Villa a Chihuahua… Image:
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Description:
[Title translation:] Map of the route which was made by Comandante Cavallero DeCroix of the provinces in his charge from the city of Durango to the villa of Chihuahua... Covers parts of the provinces of Texas, Nueva Viscaya, Coahuila, and Bolson de Mapimi. This is a map of the route travelled, showing rivers, mountainous areas, towns and settlements, ranches, mines, missions, and presidios. The map is in Spanish. Long. 283 to 273 deg. This is a color photograph (and internegative) in the Archives' Photograph Collection, no. 1983/18-34. A color slide is also available, no. 1983/161-34. The original map is in the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Espana, Mapas y Planos, Mexico, no. 539. 9/01/83 Revised 11/3/97

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