{"id":1903,"date":"2023-09-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:52:52","slug":"map-of-the-province-of-alava-1770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapasmilhaud.com\/en\/mapas-antiguos\/mapa-de-la-provincia-de-alava-1770\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of the province of \u00c1lava (1770)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This map was created by Spanish cartographer Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez de Vargas Machuca in 1770 and published posthumously by his sons in the \u201cGeographical Atlas of Spain<\/a>\u201d from 1804. The map depicts the Province of \u00c1lava with the territorial boundaries prior to the provincial administrative reform carried out by Javier de Burgos in 1833.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Province of \u00c1lava covered approximately the same territory as it does today. It bordered the Lordship of Biscay<\/a>, to the northeast with the Province of Guip\u00fazcoa<\/a>, to the east with the Kingdom of Navarre<\/a> and to the south-west with the province of Burgos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The province was divided into six districts, which grouped together the brotherhoods, as the towns of \u00c1lava were known:<\/p>\n\n\n\n