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Valley of Mexico : blueprint map

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Description: Map showing Hernán Cortés' route in his conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1520.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1948 October.
Call number: mssHM 84245
Creator: Collier, William Neville (1873-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of William N. Collier, October 1948.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Map of the Territory of New Mexico

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Line of the ATSF is shown too far north of its actual route. Submap: Map of the United States showing the relative position of New Mexico.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps.

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Blueprint maps of Topolobampo, Mexico

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The three blueprint maps are of Topolobampo, Mexico. It also includes Bachomobampo and Bahia de Ohuira, and lands owned by "Messrs Carman and Ybarra."

mssHM 79803-79805

Map of Mexico, Texas, Old and New California, and Yucatan

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Kashnor notes, "Locates Kearney and Fremont's routes to California, shows Utah as a state, and locates the American Fur Depot on Salt Lake; also shows the Golden Gate, Monterey, San Francisco, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, San Diego, etc. A scarce map of the Conquest of California." Vignette: Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa Submaps: Map of Vera Cruz and San Juan de Ulloa; Plan of operations at the Battle of Monterey on the 21st., 22nd., & 23d. Sept. 1846. "Lith. of F.B. & F.C. Kellogg, Hartford, Conn." "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by House & Brown, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Conn." "Showing the principal Cities and Towns, Travelling Routes, &c. Hartford." Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS notes: Cat. 93 174.

139313

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Map of the Western Territories with manuscript additions

Manuscripts

A map of the route travelled from Cairo, Illinois, to reach Missouri in 1839 and California in 1841. The map is plotted on a printed map of the Western Territories in the 1840s; also with an autograph explanatory note by John Bidwell.

mssHM 984

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Map of Mexico

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At head of title: "Rand, McNally & Co's Indexed Atlas of the World." Alt. title from cover. Submaps: Map of the Valley of Mexico; I. de Guadelupe. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Niles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

341198

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New Map of Mexico and Adjacent Provinces compiled from Original Documents by A. Arrowsmith

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Kashnor notes, "A fine map, showing the coast of California with much detail. All that is known of Great Salt Lake is indicated by a short outline." Submap of Valley of Mexico, from Mr. Humboldt's map. See 148976 (MBS 105:265) for an earlier copy. Submaps of Valley of Mexico, Acapulco, Veracruz.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 93-194 four sheets. Each sheet labeled: VIII, IX, X, XI.

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Valley of Mexico : blueprint map

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