Visualizing Place Maps from The Bancroft Library

Title page

Attribution:
Antonio García Cubas
Date:
1885
Description:
Antonio García Cubas was Mexico’s most recognized cartographer in the nineteenth century. His Atlas, produced through a printing process known as chromolithography, draws on Mexico’s rich history as well as its diversity of peoples, terrains, and flora to illustrate individual maps of the country.
Bib. Reference:
Atlas pintoresco é histórico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (México, DF: Debray Sucesores)
Bancroft call number:
fff F1215.G218
Digital image courtesy of:
David Rumsey Map Collection