This map was created by Spanish cartographer Tomás López de Vargas Machuca in 1776 and published posthumously by his sons in the “Geographical Atlas of Spain” from 1804. The map depicts the Principality of Catalonia with the territorial boundaries prior to Javier de Burgos's reform of the provincial administration in 1833.
The Principality of Catalonia comprised approximately the current autonomous community of Catalonia, with the current provinces of Lleida, Girona, Barcelona, and Tarragona. In addition, it bordered France to the north, the Kingdom of Aragon, to the south-west with the Kingdom of Valencia and to the southeast with the Mediterranean Sea.
As part of the Nueva Planta Decrees, in 1711 the territorial administration of Castile was imported and a division into 12 corregimientos (administrative districts) was imposed, linked to their respective cities, and a subdelegation:
- District of Barcelona
- Cervera district
- District of Gerona (Girona)
- District of Lérida (Lleida)
- Manresa district
- Mataró district
- District of Puigcerdá
- District of Talarn
- District of Tarragona
- Tortosa district
- District of Villafranca
- District of Vique (Vic)
- Sub-delegation of the Aran Valley
The map also includes Andorra in the north as part of the Principality of Catalonia, although it had been an independent principality since 1278.
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).
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