{"id":1778,"date":"2023-08-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:52:52","slug":"map-of-the-principality-of-catalonia-1776","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/en\/mapas-antiguos\/mapa-del-principado-de-cataluna-1776\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of the Principality of Catalonia (1776)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This map was created by Spanish cartographer Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez de Vargas Machuca in 1776 and published posthumously by his sons in the \u201cGeographical Atlas of Spain<\/a>\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>, to the south-west with the Kingdom of Valencia<\/a> and to the southeast with the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n