Camino real tierra adentro pdf

The map highlights historic sites and communities that can be visited, along with trailheads that. Linking spains colonial capital at mexico city to its northern frontier in distant new mexico, the route spans three centuries, two countries, and 1,600 miles. Here, hal jackson brings to life this important route connecting mexico city with santa fe, new mexico. All downloadable papers are in adobe acrobat pdf format.

The act establishing the national historic trail directs the u. This emigrant trail brought thousands of spanish and mexican colonists to new mexico until the arrival of the railroad in the late 1800s. Evenpatrimonio cultural y turismo 15 cuadernos 163. Along the road, towns, forts, haciendas, and churches were established for the workers. In 1598 the first spanish settlers in new mexico traveled up the camino real from northcentral mexico.

From there, the trail continued roughly 1,000 miles south to mexico city. Silver was the motive for the development of the road. Of the 560 people so far identified on that expedition, at least 20 percent were women. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing world heritage sites lying along a 1400 km section of this 2600. However, the trail was extended south from the paraje river crossing in the 1850s to connect the towns to the trail.

These agencies work in close partnership with nonprofit heritage conservation. They came on foot, on wagons or horseback, and were the first of thousands of women who suffered the. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing world heritage sites lying along a. Royal road of the interior land was an historic 2,560kilometrelong 1,590 mi trade route between mexico city and san juan pueblo ohkay owingeh, new mexico, usa, from 1598 to 1882. The size of each town varied over the years from 100 people to several hundred. Everything was photographed in black and white panoramic format, i think it does achieve a visual and thematic unity, the axis is.

In use from 1598 to 1882, the route provided an established avenue for trade goods crossing the mexican interior during a period of colonial rule spanning over two centuries. It was the northernmost of the four major royal roads that linked mexico city to its major tributaries during. Tierra adentro portal en linea del programa cultural tierra. Available from blm new mexico public lands information center, 1474 rodeo road, santa fe, nm 875020115 5054387542. The 404 mile 646 kilometer section of the route within the united.

The top right menu allows you to look at the trail overlaid on street, topographic, or imagery maps. Department of the interior fort craig national historic site fort craig is the largest of eight u. Jul 29, 2012 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Publication date 1993 topics camino real project, roads, roads, roads, chihuahua trail publisher santa fe, n. Bureau of land management, new mexico state office collection. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.

There are menu options at the top right and top left of the map viewer. It has now sold out of its second printing and a third is contemplated. This emigrant trail brought thousands of spanish and mexican colonists to. Portal en linea del programa cultural tierra adentro.