DD - 10-1-2004 at 07:00 PM
Found these maps today and thought I would post them.
David you may already be aware of these sources, perhaps you can give me some feedback on the online map (1858).
The first is a map of "Mision de Santa Catarina / levantado", it is not online and the second map is online and gives a little about the following
misions in 1858, my Spanish is most likely not accurate but is presented as a general gist of what the map has on it.
First map:
Mision de Santa Catarina / levantado
Title Mapa de la region septentrional de la Baja California incluyendo los terrenos de la Ex. Mision de Santa Catarina / levantado, la mayor parte,
por Guillermo Denton ; delineado por Fernando Lauteren ... Author Denton, William.
Alternate Title Ex. Mision de Santa Catarina Map Data Scale undetermined. Place/Publisher [Mexico? : s.n.], Date 1875.
Description 1 map : photocopy ; 36 x 63 cm. Notes Photocopy.
Relief shown by form lines.
Includes profiles.
Subject Headings Real property -- Mexico -- Baja California (State) -- Maps.
Baja California (Mexico : State) -- Maps.
Other Authors Lauteren, Fernando.
Holdings Earth Sci G4480 1875 .D3 Case D;
Second map:
97. Baja California
<1858> Author: Garcia Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912.
Published: [1858].
Format: Map
Electronic Location(s): http://www.davidrumsey.com/insightredirector/insightredirect...
1858 map:
Aguaje del Potrero - Antiguo potrero de la ex-mision de Muleje.
San Ignacio - Mision erigida en pueblo. sus habitantes de dedican comunmente a la agricultura y cria de granada tierras de labor que le pertenecen,
son de bastante estension y ... 320 inhabitantes.
Santa Maria mision vieja - Antes de llegar a este paraje, se pasa por la cuesta del mismo nombre que es pedregosa y de bastante altura. comprendiendo
cerca de tres leguas en subida y en bajada. En el terreno de este punto hay un arroyo encajonado, en el cual se halla poco pasto.
San Fernando (M. Vieja) - Mision antigua y en ruinas, con tierras de regadio; se cultiva el maiz y el trigo etc. Tiene una pequena huerta de arboles
frutales.) El terreno que le corresonde, es igualmente interestante para cria de ganados.)
Santo Domingo mision - En este establecimento existen algunas casas, una vina en buen estado y se cultivan algunas tierras - 25 inhabitantes
San Vicente mision - Antigua capital de frontera, donde ordinariamente residia el comandante militar. Hoy se halla reducida a propiedad particular.
Tiene pocas tierras de labor. -7 habitantes.)
Santo Tomas mision- No se encuentra en la frontera otra paraje que mejores tierras de labor. Es una canada, que tiene media legua de abcho en algunas
partes con un arroyo, que de agua para redgar bastantes tierras. Existente en esta ex-mision, un tmplo que amenaza ruinas, igualmente que algunas
casas que se han recompuesto por la fuerza de la colonia militar. & more)
San Miguel - En esta ex-mision vive poca gente blanca o razon, como communmente llaman.) 40 inhabitantes.
Descanso - Situada a la orilla del mar. Tiene bastantes tierras de siembra y puede ser muy until para la cria de ganada, por tener varias lomas
empastadas-25 inhabitantes)
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Interesting stuff
David K - 10-1-2004 at 07:37 PM
I have not seen this site before... I didn't see a link to the first map, but looks like there's a bunch of stuff out there on the Internet to keep us
armchair exploring when we are stuck up north! Thanks DD!
Oops....
Bedman - 10-2-2004 at 12:58 AM
I think I posted this on the wrong thread.....oh well...Here it is for you guys. A website that sells old maps. They have a pretty extensive
collection and you can look at the maps without having to buy them. Hope you like the site
http://www.raremaps.com/cgi-bin/map-builder.cgi?America++815...
Bedman
DD - 10-2-2004 at 05:03 AM
David,
Apparently what I took for a link, it works on the Univ. site and it shows up as html in my word document, but when I post it here, it doesn't seem
to reconize it.
Perhaps this other info. will allow you to locate it on that same site.
The first time I found this site I think I was on this site for over three days looking at all the maps, so fair warning to anyone who likes maps.
** Here is a link to the UCLA main page for maps: http://library.berkeley.edu/EART/browse.html
Just hit the button for non-Calif maps and use the info I put below. **
The first map was listed under:
"Mision de Santa Catarina / levantado" and also under "Real property -- Mexico -- Baja California (State) -- Maps".
I also found this 1943 intelligence map of Baja, though not accessible online, it should have some interesting info. on it. I have found other old
military maps to have very good detail(s) on them.
Title Baja California Sur, Mexico, 1943 / compiled and drawn in the American Intelligence Service. Author United States. American Intelligence
Service. Map Data Scale 1:1,000,000 (W 115?08?--W 109?20?/N 28?00?--N 23?43?) Place/Publisher Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Date
1943. Description 1 map : col. ; 59 x 59 cm. Notes Relief shown by form lines and spot heights.
"Restricted."
Subject Headings Baja California Sur (Mexico) -- Maps.
Other Authors United States. Army Map Service.
Holdings Earth Sci G4485 1943 .U5 Case B;
Stamped on: Declassified by ... Army Map Service ...\
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