Historic territorial estructuring road. The case of the route of the Cíbola, in the colonial period

Authors

  • Pedro Gómez-Molina, Licenciado Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
  • Pedro S. Urquijo-Torres, Doctor Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
  • Gerardo Bocco-Verdinelli, Doctor Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-3.23

Keywords:

territorial estructuration, New Spain, roads, frontier, Septentrion.

Abstract

The Route of the Cibola arose from a series of expeditions undertaken beginning in the 16th Century – taking advantage of old roads and prehispanic trails – that allowed the incursion and expansion into the northwestern region of New Spain. The route was studied by, inter alia, Carl Sauer, who brought  it international recognition. Our purpose here is to analyze this route cartographically and examine its territorial implications, which entails analysis of the geographical changes provoked concomitantly with the advance of the Colonial boundary. Th complementary, it analyzes the geographical changes that they provoked with de Colonial boundary advance. Notably, the old roads of the path was one of the factors facilitating the territorial expansion of New Mexico in the Mexican Northwest. For this study, we utilize primary document sources and process them through geographic information systems with a historical orientation (H-GIS).

Author Biographies

Pedro Gómez-Molina, Licenciado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales, México, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, correo: pegomz014@gmail.com

Pedro S. Urquijo-Torres, Doctor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Doctor en Geografía, México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, correo: psurquijo@ciga.unam-mx

Gerardo Bocco-Verdinelli, Doctor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Doctor en Geografía, México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, correo: gbocco@ciga.unam-mx

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Published

2018-11-26

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Gómez-Molina, P., Urquijo-Torres, P. S., & Bocco-Verdinelli, G. (2018). Historic territorial estructuring road. The case of the route of the Cíbola, in the colonial period. Geographical Journal of Central America, 3(61E), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-3.23

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Vol. 3 No. 61E (2018): Revista Geográfica de América Central

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Case studies (Peer reviewed)

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Gómez-Molina, P., Urquijo-Torres, P. S., & Bocco-Verdinelli, G. (2018). Historic territorial estructuring road. The case of the route of the Cíbola, in the colonial period. Geographical Journal of Central America, 3(61E), 453-466. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.61-3.23

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