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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 01:36 PM


OK, I'll play. Bring on another map!



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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 01:40 PM


After the Charges beat KC!:yes:



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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 03:27 PM


I'd put this map somewhere between 1920 and 1940. I had a baja map around 1960 (spelled out the game available for hunters) and it was considerably more advanced than this one.
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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 05:36 PM


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Okay Tony... it was Cristobal who was the closest... the map was made in 1941 and is very detailed with descriptions, a road log, history, etc. Like a Baja guidebook on a map!

I will try and scan more of it... stay tuned!


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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 05:50 PM


Because the area just north of Bahia de los Angeles is fuzzy, here is a closer look at the section from El Rosario to El Arco (the south part of Baja Norte):





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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 06:01 PM


Here is the 1941 road log from that map:





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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 06:10 PM


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I'd put this map somewhere between 1920 and 1940. I had a baja map around 1960 (spelled out the game available for hunters) and it was considerably more advanced than this one.


You are describing the old Automobile Club map of the mid 1960's

It did copy some features off this 1941 map, including showing a mission of Dolores del Norte (that isn't there)...

Here's a couple of parts of it:





After our 1966 trip to the tip of Baja, I (age 8-9) marked our route... the only pavement in Baja Sur then was for a hundred miles north of La Paz and 10 miles south of La Paz.

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[*] posted on 11-9-2008 at 06:32 PM


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[*] posted on 11-10-2008 at 05:28 PM


Love these maps.....

Side note to northern portion map at end of page 1.....Years ago I was camping at CUATRO CASAS (few miles south of Colonet Point) and was talking to a son of INEZ ( he was the owner of the "4 houses").......remember him telling me the "main" road from Ensenada used to pass by their location on its way south....looking at the map shows it doing just that before it gets to Hamilton Ranch to the south.......

Also...anybody know anything about the IRON deposit located between Santo Thomas and Colonet.....looks to be on/near the beach?
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Love these maps.....

Side note to northern portion map at end of page 1.....Years ago I was camping at CUATRO CASAS (few miles south of Colonet Point) and was talking to a son of INEZ ( he was the owner of the "4 houses").......remember him telling me the "main" road from Ensenada used to pass by their location on its way south....looking at the map shows it doing just that before it gets to Hamilton Ranch to the south.......

Also...anybody know anything about the IRON deposit located between Santo Thomas and Colonet.....looks to be on/near the beach?


Jim... here is the 1927 Auto Club map... as you can see the first main road hugged the coast, as you were told!



Shall I post the other two in this thread?

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[*] posted on 11-10-2008 at 06:10 PM


David...did you notice on the south portion of the old AAA map the "Mission el Novillo" at San Pedro? Wonder how it got labeled as such? You have the photo before it fell down a couple of years ago. I know INAH had been out to the site, but looked like a small chapel to me. It is on Rancho Novillo dating back to that era. Up above the chapel on the Trinchera range is the estancia el Zalate. Need to go back!
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David...did you notice on the south portion of the old AAA map the "Mission el Novillo" at San Pedro? Wonder how it got labeled as such? You have the photo before it fell down a couple of years ago. I know INAH had been out to the site, but looked like a small chapel to me. It is on Rancho Novillo dating back to that era. Up above the chapel on the Trinchera range is the estancia el Zalate. Need to go back!


Yes Jack... I was wondering when you would say something!

Here is your photo of the 'Mission' of El Novillo:



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[*] posted on 11-10-2008 at 06:43 PM


Very Fun! I'd love to see progressive maps of a certain area if those that have them would like to share them. Pick an area and the show the oldest map, a newer one, and the latest one.

Or more contests are fun too! thanks for sharing >>>>>
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[*] posted on 11-10-2008 at 09:30 PM


Thanks for the detail.....guess it makes sense as the area is very flat....also looks like a "barge" was available to cross the river at Colonet point...
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Here is the 1941 road log from that map:

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[*] posted on 11-11-2008 at 09:05 AM


jodiego, when I first went to (Cabo) San Lucas, it was 1966 and it was a small fish canery town with a pier. There was one tourist hotel, the Hacienda and visitors mostly arrived by private plane landing on the mud flats behind the hotel. That is where the harbor is today! My next visit was in 1974, and the place was totally changed... The Finisterra and Solmar had been built, a harbor was being dredged, a ferry landing built for the Puerto Vallarta ferry line... oh, and a paved highway all the way to Tijuana!



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[*] posted on 11-11-2008 at 08:09 PM


OK Nomads... I have rescanned the 1941 map and also scanned my 1919 map (from 1905/06 suryeys) , and a 1905 mines and roads maps... I also have a differnt 1919 map of Northern Baja and a 1930 map...

Please go to the Baja Nomad Historic Interest and Literatur forum to see them! >>> http://forums.bajanomad.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=24

[Edited on 11-12-2008 by David K]




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