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𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 of Mexico City maps and its evolution through history.

1. Nuremberg map of Tenochtitlán (1524)
2. The Santa Cruz Map is the earliest city map of Mexico City as the capital of New Spain (1555).
3. Map of Mexico, engraving from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg (1572).
4. Detailed plan of Mexico City, from De Fer's Atlas Curieux (1715)
5. “Mapa de la noble y leal Ciudad de México” by José Antonio de Villaseñor y Sánchez (1753)
6. Diego Garcia Conde’s “Plano general de la Ciudad de México” (1793-1807)
7. “Mapa topográfico de la Ciudad de México” by Antonio García Cubas (1881)
8. Mexico City map during Porfirio Díaz government (1876-1911)
9. A detailed plan of Mexico City, based on official measurement provided by the civic government (1900).
10. Map of Mexico City (1907)
11. Mexico City map by Don Joaquín Palacios Roji (1930)
12. Mexico City map by Don Joaquín Palacios Roji (1943)
13. To finish this thread: Mexico City on google maps.

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