Map of the Province of Ávila (1769)

This map was created by Spanish cartographer Tomás López de Vargas Machuca in 1769 and published posthumously by his sons in the “Geographical Atlas of Spain” from 1804. The map depicts the province of Ávila with the territorial boundaries prior to Javier de Burgos's reform of the provincial administration in 1833.

The former province of Ávila bordered to the north with the province of Valladolid, to the east with the province of Segovia, to the south with the province of Toledo, to the south-west with the province of Extremadura and to the west with the province of Salamanca.

The province appears divided into a complex territorial administration with roots in the repopulation of the 11th and 12th centuries:

Community of Villa y Tierra de Ávila, subdivided into the town and seven districts that made up the land: San Juan, Cobaleda, San Vicente, San Pedro, Serrezuela, Santiago and Santo Tomé.
Community of Villa y Tierra de Arévalo, subdivided into the town and five districts that made up the land: Orvita, La Vega, Sinlabajos, Aldeas and Rágama.
Parties in Villatoro, Bonilla, Villafranca, Las Navas, La Adrada, Miranda and Mombeltrán.

The map also shows in blue the territory occupied by the bishopric of Ávila, which did not correspond entirely to the extent of the province.

The province of Ávila extended to regions that are now part of the provinces of Toledo (Navamorcuende, Almendral de la Cañada), Segovia (Montuenga, Aldeanueva del Codonal) and Valladolid (Fuente el Sol, San Pablo de la Moraleja).

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).