This map was created by Spanish cartographer Tomás López de Vargas Machuca in 1765 and published posthumously by his sons in the “Geographical Atlas of Spain” from 1804. The map depicts the Kingdom of Aragon with its territorial boundaries prior to the provincial administrative reform carried out by Javier de Burgos in 1833.
The Kingdom of Aragon comprised approximately the current autonomous community of Aragon, with the current provinces of Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel. It also bordered France to the north and Principality of Catalonia, to the southeast with the Kingdom of Valencia, to the south-west with the province of Cuenca, to the west with the province of Soria and to the northwest with the Kingdom of Navarre.
As part of the Nueva Planta Decrees, in 1711 the territorial administration of Castile was imported and a division into 13 corregimientos (administrative districts) was imposed, eleven of which were linked to their respective cities and two to historical regions (Cinco Villas and Ribagorza):
- District of Cinco Villas (capital in Sos)
- District of Jaca
- District of Huesca
- Barbastro district
- Ribagorza district (capital in Benabarre)
- District of Tarazona
- Borja district
- District of Zaragoza
- Township of Calatayud
- District of Daroca
- Township of Alcañiz
- Albarracín district
- District of Teruel
You can read more about Tomás López and his atlas in this article from the newsletter: Tomás López and the first detailed atlas of Spain (1804).
Sources
- Map of the Kingdom of Aragon
- ATables of the History of Aragon. Modern Age. Administrative divisions.
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