Plan de la ville de Mexico

Attribution:

Pierre de la Gardette

Date:

1772

Description:

This map draws heavily on the unpublished work of Fr. José Antonio Alzate y Ramírez, a prominent priest and one of the leading scientists of eighteenth century Mexico. Alzate had been hired by Archbishop Francisco Antonio Lorenzana to reorganize the parishes of Mexico City. A close look reveals that the four original barrios of the pre-contact city are still preserved.

Bib. Reference:

M. Chappe d’Auteroche, Voyage en Californie pour l’observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 juin 1769 : contenant les observations de ce phénomene, & la description historique de la route de l’auteur à travers le Mexique (Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi)

Bancroft call number:

F1211 .C45

Digital image courtesy of:

The John Carter Brown Library, via archive.org