John Gonzalez wrote:

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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.

well I am sure that who ever does answer will have to put in a lot of
work to come up with a better description. thanks, John.



joseph

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John Gonzalez

Wildomar, CA

 

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[ranchos] Nueva Galicia

Well thanks for asking. I did a quick search and came up with the
Benson Library collection of maps in Austin:




href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/historicmaps/index.html">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/historicmaps/index.html



but specifically:


href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/historicmaps/index3.html">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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