{"id":1229,"date":"2023-03-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2024-03-10T12:44:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T11:44:03","slug":"map-of-the-district-of-ponferrada-1786","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/en\/mapas-antiguos\/mapa-del-partido-de-ponferrada-1786\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of the District of Ponferrada (1786)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This map was created by Spanish cartographer Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez de Vargas Machuca in 1786 and published posthumously by his sons in the \u201cGeographical Atlas of Spain<\/a>\u201d from 1804. The map depicts the western part of the Province of Le\u00f3n with the territorial boundaries prior to Javier de Burgos' provincial administration reform in 1833.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The province of Le\u00f3n covered more territory<\/a> of what this map represents. Unlike other maps by the same author, this work does not specify the other territories adjacent to the mapped territory, which in this case would be the Principality of Asturias<\/a> to the north, the Kingdom of Galicia<\/a> to the west and the Province of Valladolid<\/a> to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As indicated by the author in the upper left corner, the map includes, in addition to the District of Poferrada, the Province of Cabrera and the councils of Laciana, Ribas del Sil de Arriba and Ribas del Sil de Abajo, all of which are part of the District of Le\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00f3pez de Vargas also clarifies that the Party of Ponferrada is popularly recognised as the Province of Vierzo (or Bierzo, as the region is known today). At the beginning of the 19th century, this territory pushed for administrative independence from the Province of Le\u00f3n, and in some of the reforms prior to that of Javier de Burgos, it did achieve provincial status, although this was not permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez and his atlas in this article from the newsletter: Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez and the first detailed atlas of Spain (1804)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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