http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~210~20057:A-Map-Of-The-United-States-Of-Mexic?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort&qvq=q:Santa%2BCruz;sort:Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=9&trs=21
Some interesting maps. 165 years ago before the USA was in our own civil war, when we (the USA) attacked Mexico (shortly after the Immigrant Irishmen were released form their military duties in the US Army before they'd have gotten their citizenship here, roughly 1834, and went to Mexico and acted in the most decisive battles that sent Spain home, thusly becoming heroic Mexican citizens - at one point there were more Irish in Mexico then in the USA) this is what the new Country of Mexico looked like the year before the US invaded and the Free independent Bandiditos (I forget what the men who attacked the California Notre Mexican called themselves, it was something close to this) the American mercenaries? who took California Notre from Mexico and created the California republic. A few weeks ago we were in the California Exhibit in the Oakland museum, you should look at the maps there of the proposals of what was to be called California, as presented by the Republic of California's Senate as they asked to be admitted to the Union, so they didn't fall prey to a hand full of Free Independent Banditios themselves. This is the map just before the gold rush and a 50 years before the discovery of Oil. I note the numerous Russian Holdings on the Coast of California, are ignored, though San Francisco was built up as a fort to protect it from the Russians. It gives me a real feeling of our (Northern European) recentness, to this part of the world. In the SF Bay region, they weren't here 170 years ago, yet 200 years ago this was the second largest population of North American Indians before the advent of Columbus getting 'lost' and landing in the Caribbean rather then in India.... musta been one hell of a broken sextant to have missed by over 2/3rds the distance. Home page, I was looking around in the SF Monte Rey Bay (er... Monterey Bay)area. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/RUMSEY~8~1 ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
