The survey of a natural border in the XIX Century

The Rio Bravo o Grande del Norte is the most important natural border between Mexico an the United States. In the period 1853-1854 four Mexican engineers explored a section of river between the two countries like part of a demarcation work. They had to indicate in maps its bed as it was specified in...

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Autor: Tamayo Pérez, Luz María Oralia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Investigaciones Geográficas
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30101
Acceso en línea:https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/30101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Natural frontier
Bravo or Grande river
Mexican Boundary Commission
Frontera natural
río Bravo
Comisión de Límites Mexicana
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Sumario:The Rio Bravo o Grande del Norte is the most important natural border between Mexico an the United States. In the period 1853-1854 four Mexican engineers explored a section of river between the two countries like part of a demarcation work. They had to indicate in maps its bed as it was specified in The Guadalupe Hidalgo´s Treaty, however the commissioners confronted serious problems, before they achieved the best maps of the Bravo river from Laredo until its mouth near to Matamoros. In their observations they left testimony of the vegetation and of some climatic variables which allows to analyze probable changes in the area.