COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
MEXICO. COMISI6N PESQUISIDORA DE LA FRONTERA DEL NORTE (Emilio Velasco, Ignacio Galindo, Antonio Garcia Carrillo & Agustin Siliceo)
Date:
1874
Short Title:
Mapa del Rio Grande desde su desembocadura en el golfo hasta San Vicente, Presidio Antiguo. Mandado formar por el primer miembro de la Comisi6n Pesquisidora de la Frontera del Norte, conforme 6 las noticias recojidas en el Expediente 4°-, Sefi.al{mdose los ranchos que hay por ambas orillas del Rio Grande, y los pueblos que la Comisi6n ha visitado anotandose estos con la linea roja .. Monterey Diciembre 1[8]73 M.J. Martinez
Publisher:
Diaz de Leon y White
Publisher Location:
Mexico City
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
81
Obj Width cm:
72
Note:
"Original outline shading with routes shown in red. This superb large-scale folded map delineates the Rio Grande from its mouth to the Big Bend region, with portions of Texas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas. Exceedingly rare and among the most important maps for Texas and borderlands history in the nineteenth century. The incredible detail includes Mexican and American ranches along the Rio Grande, states, towns, villages, rivers, mountains, roads, forts, lakes, and landmarks. M.J. Martinez, a Mexican topographical engineer, created this map and gives credit to little known Italian engineer Santiago Nigra de San Martin, who created the first separate map of Yucatan." (Dorethy Sloan Auction 23, Copyright Dorecthy Sloan 2013)
Reference:
See Antochiw, Historia Cartografica de la Pen(nsula de Yucatan, pp. 292-293). See also a short article on Nigra de San Martin in Dice. Porrua. Day, Maps of Texas, p. 87.
Country:
Mexico
Country:
Unted States
State/Province:
Texas
Region:
Rio Grande
Subject:
Boundaries
Full Title:
Mapa del Rio Grande desde su desembocadura en el golfo hasta San Vicente, Presidio Antiguo. Mandado formar por el primer miembro de la Comisi6n Pesquisidora de la Frontera del Norte, conforme 6 las noticias recojidas en el Expediente 4°-, Sefi.al{mdose los ranchos que hay por ambas orillas del Rio Grande, y los pueblos que la Comisi6n ha visitado anotandose estos con la linea roja .. Monterey Diciembre 1[8]73 M.J. Martinez
List No:
15614.004
Series No:
4
Publication Author:
MEXICO. COMISI6N PESQUISIDORA DE LA FRONTERA DEL NORTE (Emilio Velasco, Ignacio Galindo, Antonio Garcia Carrillo & Agustin Siliceo)
Pub Date:
1874
Pub Title:
lnforme de la Comision Pesquisidora de la Frontera del Norte al Ejecutivo de la Union en cumplimiento del Articulo 3°• de la ley de 30 de setiembre de 1872. (with) lnforme de la Comision Pesquisidora de la Frontera del Norte al Ejecutivo de la Union sobre depredaciones de los indios y otros males que sufre la frontera mexicana.
Pub Note:
"First edition, followed by various Mexican editions (1875 and 1877) and translations into English published in New York (1875) and Washington (1876). One of the most important borderlands reports, which has been compared to the Pichardo treatise for its importance to borderlands history. The Mexican editions are far rarer than those published in English. This book is bibliographically complex-for a number of related works see: Adams, Guns 1108 (citing only the first section of 124 pages of present work). Adams, Herd 558 (New York, 1875, Page 2 of3 English language edition), 1130 (citing only the first section of 124 pages of present work) & 2264 (repeat of his entry 558). Eberstadt, Texas 162:774 (citing the Mexican edition of 1877, no maps). Graff 2765 (citing New York, 1875 edition). Howes l32 (various editions: Mexican edition of 1875 and 1877, neither calling for maps, plus New York 1875 edition); l33 (citing 1874 Mexican edition, 124 pages with one map, plus 1877 Mexican edition edition, no mention of any map or maps) & T143 (U.S. government report, Washington, 1876). Palau 119576 (Mexico, 1874; similar collation to present copy, but calls for only two maps); 119577 (appears to be same as his 119576 entry, without collation). Reese, Six Score 108 (citing the 1876 U.S. government report): "Important report dealing with cattle theft along the Mexican border. The testimony contains much on rustling problems and on cattle in south Texas generally." Tate, The Indians of Texas 2469. The English-language editions do not contain all of the material found in this Mexican edition. The present 1874 edition is the earliest listed in OCLC. The complete Mexican text of this cornerstone report has never been printed in English, and a scholarly study, detailed bibliography, and full translation are long overdue. The first report provides a general history of lawlessness in the borderlands, while the primary focus of the second report is depredations by Native Americans. The appendix contains chronological charts outlining depredations in Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, followed by various reports, such as "Copia de la entrevista de los Comisionados y los indios Kickapoos residentes en Santa Rosa." The chronic social and political unrest that existed along the Mexican northern borderlands had long been a source of controversy between Mexico and the United States. Charges were traded back and forth that Texans dressed as Native Americans were plundering Mexican settlements and that raiders from Mexico were stealing large numbers of cattle from Texas ranches. These problems grew so severe that they resulted in official accusations exchanged between the two governments. In one case, for example, the United States government made claims against Mexico for nearly 150,000 head of rustled cattle. On the other hand, Mexico accused the United States of failing to control its Native American population and perhaps of even encouraging them to raid into Mexico. The sad fate of the village of Mier, for example, which was raided by Native Americans twenty times in just a short while, is laid firmly at the feet of the United States because they will not control their own Native American populations. Such cases are multiplied here. On a darker, more conspiratorial note, the Mexican commission implies that these situations are encouraged by United States citizens who still harbor hopes of conquering Mexico itself. Ironically, the problems covered here were eventually resolved by the gradual spread of law and order in Texas itself, which reduced cattle rustling, and by the eventual conquering by the United States of its own Native American population. " (Dorethy Sloan Auction 23, Copyright Dorecthy Sloan 2013)
Pub List No:
15614.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
3
Pub Height cm:
30
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
15614004.jp2
Authors:
MEXICO. COMISI6N PESQUISIDORA DE LA FRONTERA DEL NORTE (Emilio Velasco, Ignacio Galindo, Antonio Garcia Carrillo & Agustin Siliceo)
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