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Map of the Month: September 2024
¡Bienvenidos todos a la Ciudad de México! From the chinampas of Xochimilco to the National Palace in the city center, Mexico City is one of the most historically significant cities of Latin America. With it being the largest city in the western hemisphere, Mexico City is also one of the most economi...
Map of the Month: April 2024
The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territory of Mexico used to contain the entire southwestern United States, and extended as far north as th...
New Web Index: 2005 Indigenous Languages of Mexico
The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to present a collection of newly digitized maps, accompanied by a corresponding web map index: 2005 Indigenous Languages of Mexico. View of Cancun in the Maya/ Maaya T'aan language. ...
Map of the Month: July 2022
Our July Map of the Month is this 1848 “Mexico & Guatemala” map published just before the end of the Mexican-American War by S. Augustus Mitchell. It features a detailed depiction of the various international and state boundaries of Mexico and Central America at the time, many of which were alte...
New Web App: Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America
Our latest web app, Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America, is now live and available to the public. Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America, Cyrus Thomas assisted by J.R. Swanton, 1909 Geographic Coverage: Mexi...
The Latin Americana Collection at ASU Library and Distinctive Collections
Seonaid Valiant, Ph.D., MLIS, Curator for Latin American Studies, ASU Library. The Latin Americana Collection at ASU Library draws on many collections in the open stacks and Distinctive Collections, including the Greater Arizona Col...