MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05868
Record number:
05868-1
JCB call number:
BA682 M491c / 1-SIZE
Image title:
Nova delineatio s[t]rictissimae S. Didaci Provinciae in Nova Hispania
Creator 1:
Antonio Asarti
Creator 1 role:
autore invenit
Place image published:
Mexici [Mexico]
Image publisher:
[Juan de Rivera]
Image date:
1682
Image function:
plate; following leaf 229
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
15.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
26.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
29.3 cm.
Page dimension width:
20 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin, Spanish
Description:
Bird's eye view or map of the province of San Diego in New Spain (Mexico) including the location of Franciscan convents. Includes the port of Acapulco, settlements of Mexico City and Oaxaca and a view of the Mar de el Norte (Gulf of Mexico?). Cartographic elements include scale, compass rose, location of settlements and convents, rivers, bays, and agricultural fields, as well as topographical details. Includes ships, sun, churches, and fortifications.
Source creator:
Medina, Baltasar de, 1634-1697
Source Title:
Chronica de la santa Provincia de San Diego de Mexico, de religiosos descalços de N.S.P.S. Francisco en la Nueva-España ...
Source place of publication:
En Mexico
Source publisher:
Por Juan de Ribera, impressor, y mercader de libros en el Empedradillo
Source date:
1682
notes:
The Provincia de San Diego de Mexico was established by the Discalced Franciscans. In 1680 it had 197 friars and 11 friaries (although this map states there are 12 convents). Sabin makes the claim that this map is "the earliest specimen of copper-plate engraving done in Mexico," although an earlier map was printed in Juan Francisco Montemayor de Cuenca, Discurso politico-historico juridico del derecho ... (Mexico, 1658). Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1651-1700
References:
Habig, M. A. "Franciscan provinces of Spanish North America," in The Americas, vol. 1, no. 3 (Jan. 1945), p. 333-335; Sabin 2987; http://nationalhuma… (Sept. 2008)
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1899.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Franciscans--Mexico--History--17th century
Subject headings:
Mexico--Maps

Nova delineatio s[t]rictissimae S. Didaci Provinciae in Nova Hispania

     
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Nova delineatio s[t]rictissimae S. Didaci Provinciae in Nova Hispania