Hi Joseph:
Tough assignment, trying to determine which
states are covered on this "Nueva Galicia" map. The boundries are
not well defined.
I'll give it a try. The map covers the area
of Mexico from about 23 degrees North latitude to about 18 degrees North
latitude. If you look at a modern map of Mexico, you'll see the following
States are inside this area: Nayarit, southern part of Sinaloa, Jalisco,
Michoacan, Guerrero, Southern part of Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Mexico,
Guanajuato, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and I probably missed a
couple.
I have a book that shows a map of Nueva Galicia
in the XVI century. It defines the area sorrounded by these places:
(Starting in the South and going clock-wise ) Queretaro, Guadalajara,
El Teúl, Colotlan, Durango, Cuencamé, Parras, Saltillo, Ciudad Valles.
Inside the area are: Guanjuato, Jalostotitlan, Zacatecas, and San Luis
Potosi. You got to remember that La Nueva Galicia expanded from here
in later years. I am sure there are later maps that include a bigger area,
especially to the West and North.
Iam sure some other member can shine a
brighter light on this subject.
John Gonzalez
Wildomar, CA
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Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:44
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Subject: [ranchos] Nueva Galicia
Well thanks for asking. I did a quick search and came up with
the Benson Library collection of maps in Austin:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/historicmaps/index.html
but
specifically:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/historicmaps/index3.html
see
here for a nice looking map from 1653 of Nueva Galicia. Basically it was the
area we are studying in Ranchos as well as parts of several other states. Can
someone explain a little better than me about what those other states
are?
thanks,
joseph
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