I know this photo will stretch most
viewers screens, but I think many
will find this of interest and I
didn't want to reduce it.
This jpg was sent to me by a
friend and I don't know where he
got it from.
(Note: by using your return key
frequently you can keep any
replies easy to read without
having to scroll back and forth.)
amir - 3-3-2008 at 01:01 AM
Cool! Taco de Baja - 3-3-2008 at 08:45 AM
Cool find.
Here is a link to a image you can really zoom in on and get better detail. I am sure a reprint it can be ordered, but I have not discovered how just
yet, he sells reprints of many maps in the david rumsey collection, I just can't find the path to this one.....
More info on the map:
Full Title: A Map of The Internal Provinces of New Spain. The Outlines are from the Sketches of but corrected and improved by Captain Zebulon M. Pike,
who was conducted through that Country, in the Year 1807, by Order of the Commandant General of those Provinces.
Author: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
Date: 1810
This historical cartographic image is part of the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com, a large collection of online antique, rare, old, and historical maps, atlases, globes, charts, and other cartographic items.
Read more about the Collection. Or you can view the entire David Rumsey Map Collection in Insight.
Full David Rumsey Map Collection Catalog Record:
Author: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
Date: 1810
Short Title: Map of The Internal Provinces of New Spain.
Publisher: Phila: C. & A. Conrad
Type: Book Map
Object Height cm: 46
Object Width cm: 47
Scale 1: 4,815,360
Note: A large uncolored map stretching from the Baja peninsula to Nacogdoches in the east. Provincial boundaries, capitals of provinces or kingdoms,
Indian and Spanish villages, and the American Troops route all shown in detail.
Reference: Wheat 297-9; WC 9:1; cf P11024.
Country: Mexico
State / Province: Texas ; Arizona
Full Title: A Map of The Internal Provinces of New Spain. The Outlines are from the Sketches of but corrected and improved by Captain Zebulon M. Pike,
who was conducted through that Country, in the Year 1807, by Order of the Commandant General of those Provinces.
List No: 0730.004
Series No: 5
Published In: An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and Through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw,
Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers; ... During the Years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a Tour Through the Interior Parts of New Spain, When
Conducted Through These Provinces, by order of The Captain-General, in the year 1807. By Major Z.M. Pike. Illustrated by Maps and Charts.
Philadelphia: Published by C. & A. Conrad & Co. No. 30, Chesnut Street. Somervell & Conrad, Petersburgh. Bonsal, Conrad, & Co.
Norfolk, and Fielding Lucas, Jr. Baltimore. John Binns, Printer....1810.
Publication Note: The five maps which accompany Pike's report are of great importance, especially the two maps of Louisiana which Wheat calls "maps of
outstanding historic interest... beautifully drawn." Pike's map of New Spain was copied from Humboldt's manuscript map, although Humboldt did not
publish his map until 1811. All maps uncolored and bound into the back of the book. Full leather covers with "Pike's Expeditions" imprinted on the
spine.
Publication List No: 0730.000
Publication Type: Exploration Book
Publication Maps: 6
Publication Height cm: 22
Publication Width cm: 14
Image No: 0730004Oso - 3-3-2008 at 09:04 AM
Too cool! Check out the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers, site of present day Yuma, and notice how wide the rest of the Colorado was
between there and the top of the gulf before we sucked it dry. Most of that former riverbed is now farmland.BMG - 3-3-2008 at 10:55 AM
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Originally posted by Taco de Baja
Cool find.
Here is a link to a image you can really zoom in on and get better detail.
Looks like the same map and much
better detail. Will have to spend
some time on that site.
