El Nuevo México y Tierras Adyacentes Levantado para la Demarcación de los Límites de los Dominios Españoles y de los Estados Unidos

por el D. José Pichardo quien lo dedica al Exmo. Sor. D. Francisco Xavier Venega Virrey de esta N.E. &.

This map was originally commissioned by Viceroy Francisco Xavier Venegas in 1807 as part of a report on the boundary between French and Spanish possessions, a question that became especially relevant after the Louisiana Purchase. Pichardo, a priest and scholar from Cuernavaca, identified four proposed boundaries, including his own. He also depicted a number of Spanish exploring routes through the southwest.

Map/Doc

94445
Collection

Non-GLO Digital Images
Object Dates

1811 (Creation Date)
People and Organizations

José Antonio Pichardo (Author)

José Antonio Pichardo (Compiler)
Subjects

Spanish Texas
Height x Width

9.4 x 12.6 inches

23.9 x 32.0 cm
Medium

digital image
Comments

For research only. See 96977 for a GLO-created version of this map that enhances legibility and follows present-day geography.

Courtesy of the Mapoteca “Manuel Orozco y Berra,” Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera, SAGARPA, Mexico City.

See Tracing the Sabine River: The History of Texas' Eastern Boundary for a StoryMap exploring this chapter in Texas' border history.
Features

Culebra Island

Presidio de las Tejas

Mission San Francisco de las Nechas

Mission de las Tejas

Mission de los Aix

Bay of San Bernardo

Galveston Bay

Lake Canaseniban

Lake Yarlasi

Arroyo de las Piedras Lake

Lake España

Lake Maldo

Lake San José

Lake Ima

San Luis Island

Presidio San Xavier

San Jose Island

Tuacanas

Tancanguaes

Tortuga

Nadacos

Vitais

Conchatas

Adaes

Pacanas

Iscanis

Nacogdoches

Nachitoches

Rancho de los Españoles en Bayu Piex

Trinity River

Nueces River

Frio River

Medina River

San Antonio River

Guadalupe River

Ynocentes River

San Marcos River

San José River

Magdalena River

Desaguadero River

Bueyes River

Flores River

Brazos River

Nechas River

Rio Grande

Red River

Nieves River

Sabina River

Mississippi River

Attoyac River

Angelina River

San Agustín Creek

Animas Creek

San Xavier River

Blanco River

Presidio San Juan Bautista

Presidio San Antonio de Béjar

Presidio San Sabá