Le Nouveau Mexique (The New Mexico)
Artist
Rigobert Bonne
(1729 - 1795)
Date1780
Mediumcopper engraving with modern hand coloring
Dimensions9 1/4 x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1979 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1981.155.1
DescriptionThis map shows New Mexico but also Mexico as far south as the Yucatan Peninsula, Lower California, and portions of Texas, Louisiana, and Florida with the Gulf of Mexico, streams, and lines of mountains noted. Each town is noted with a larger font used for the larger cities. The rivers are highlighted with green and the mountains are highlighted yellow, while the borders of sea and land are highlighted red. The map's title is in the upper right and the border of the map is a yellow highlighted line with longitude and latitude marks throughout.On View
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