La nobilísima Ciudad de México dividida en quarteles

Attribution:

Manuel Villavicencio

Date:

1782

Description:

Printed as part of an ordinance promulgated by viceroy Martín de Mayorga to reorganize the city into eight precincts, Manuel Villavicencio’s map bears the symbols of the Spanish monarch, Charles IV, and those of the royal city: a crowned eagle with the crest of Mexico City at its heart.

Bib. Reference:

Baltasar Ladrón de Guevara, Ordenanza de la división (México: Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros)

Bancroft call number:

F1386.M658

Digital image courtesy of:

The John Carter Brown Library