Mapa que hace patentes los Presidios de las Provincias Internas, lo que cada uno dista de Mexico : la Latitud, y Longitud en que se hallan situados, el número de ofiziales y soldados que los guarnecen, los sueldos que unos, y otros gozaban antes que se visitasen, [el] estado en que quedaron despues de la visita, y el que por última dispoas printedión de su Ena. [as printed] combendra [i.e. convendrá] se pongan, incluyendose los efectos de Paz y Guerra, que se consumian en la Vizcaya, y el estado a que se redujeron aquellos gastos /
Dated December 11, 1728, the "Mapa que hace patentes los Presidios de las Provincias Internas" is a matrix or chart that summarizes the investigation done by Brigadier General Pedro de Rivera during 1724-1728 in the northern areas of New Spain, including present day Texas. This matrix lis...
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Summary: | Dated December 11, 1728, the "Mapa que hace patentes los Presidios de las Provincias Internas" is a matrix or chart that summarizes the investigation done by Brigadier General Pedro de Rivera during 1724-1728 in the northern areas of New Spain, including present day Texas. This matrix lists 23 presidios (forts or military posts), and for each indicates the distance from Mexico City, latitude, longitude, number of officers, soldiers, their respective salaries and Rivera's recommendation to keep, relocate or eliminate a presidio and / or alter the level of personnel as well as possible budget savings. Of particular interest are the measurements for longitude, as they are listed between 257° and 282°, not the range typically associated with Texas, as the Spanish measured longitude in degrees east of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. |
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| Item Description: | Two sheets pasted together to make 1 large sheet. "Todo lo qual es deducido de el Proyecto que antece de: Mexico [1] de Diziembre de 1728." Signed by Pedro de Rivera. W. Michael Mathes attributes the mapping of the presidios to Francisco Alvarez Barreiro in "Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast," in: Reinharz and Saxon, Mapping and empire, 2005 Manuscript. |
| Physical Description: | 1 unnumbered chart ; 89 x 52 cm. on sheet 91 x 54 cm. |
| Place of Publication: | Mexico : -- Mexico City |