Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico, California &c.

Attribution:

John Disturnell

Date:

1849

Description:

This 1849 issue of John Disturnell’s Map of Mexico, published a year after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, shows the new contours of Mexico’s northern border. As part of the negotiations to end the U.S. occupation of Mexico City, Mexican officials there were forced to recognize the annexation of Texas by the United States and to “sell” the remaining lands in the southwest. The thick red line shown here, however, was drawn prior to the Gadsden Purchase in 1854, which fixed the border further south.

Bib. Reference:

Nueva York: J. Disturnell

Bancroft call number:

G44410 1849 .D5

Digital image courtesy of:

The Bancroft Library