Three. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. One. Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast 1
7. Two. Spanish Military Engineers in the New World before 1750 44
8. Three. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750 57
9. Four. U.S. Army Military Mapping of the American Southwest during the Nineteenth Century 80
10. Five. Henry Washington Benham: A U.S. Army Engineer’s View of the U.S.-Mexican War 130
11. Six. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission 156
12. Seven. Soldier-Engineers in the Geographic Understanding of the Southwestern Frontier: An Afterthought 185
13. Contributors 191
14. Index 193