Map of Mexico, including Yucatan and Upper California, exhibiting the chief cities and towns, the principal travelling routes, etc.; and, Map of the principal roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to the city of Mexico, including the Valley of Mexico, mountians, plains, volcanoes, lakes, etc.
Item Overview
- Title
- Map of Mexico, including Yucatan and Upper California, exhibiting the chief cities and towns, the principal travelling routes, etc.; and, Map of the principal roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to the city of Mexico, including the Valley of Mexico, mountians, plains, volcanoes, lakes, etc.
- Date Created
- circa 1847
- Place of Origin
- Philadelphia, PA.
- Publisher
- Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970
Notes
- Description
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Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
Bottom half of Map of the principal roads... has a profile of the road between Mexico City and Vera Cruz, including distances. Also lists elevations and geology of different points in the country
Relief shown by hachures. Map of Mexico includes inset "Battlefield of Monterey"
Physical Description
- Extent
- 2 maps on 1 sheet : col.
- Dimensions
- top map is 42 x 57.5 cm., bottom map is 37 x 57 cm. on sheet 83 x 60.5 cm.
Keywords
- Genre
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maps
cartographic - Location
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Southwest, New--Maps
Mexico--Maps
Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Maps - Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Cities and towns--Southwest, New
Cities and towns--Mexico
Roads--Mexico--Maps
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0015wxtw
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain