'Lac de Mexique et de ses Environs'. Mexico City & Lake Texcoco. BELLIN 1758 map

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'Carte du Lac de Mexique, et de ses Environs. Lors de le Conqueste des Espagnols Pour servir à l'Histoire Générale des Voyages'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Jacques-Nicholas Bellin. Provenance: Atlas de "l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", by Antoine François Prévost (the Abbé Prévost). Type: Antique 18th century copperplate map. A map of Spanish colonial Mexico City on an island in Lake Texcoco, which was a natural lake within the Valley of Mexico. The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in the lake. The Spaniards built Mexico City over Tenochtitlan. Over time most of the lake was drained, leaving a smaller lake to the east of the city. Almost the entire basin is now occupied by Mexico City.

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Size: 2021px × 2775px
Location: Mexico
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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