Mapping and Empire: Soldier-Engineers on the Southwestern Frontier

Index

Index Italic page numbers refer to figures. Abert, James W., 92–94, 95, 97, 105, 106, 119–120n.57; Map of the Territory of New Mexico, 96, 98, 102; Map Showing the Route pursued by the Exploring Expedition to New Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, 93, 93, 94 Abert, John James, 80, 90, 91, 92 Academy of Mathematics, Madrid, 47–48, 49 Agnese, Battista, 7, 9, 23 Aguirre, Juan Bautista, 30, 31 Ahumada y Villalón de las Amarillas, Agustín de, 61 Alaminos, Antón de, 4–5 Alarcón, Hernando de, 22, 23 Alarcón, Martín de, 53 Alcalá Galiano, Dionisio, 33, 34 Alemán, Manuel, 163, 165, 167–168, 174, 176, 177, 182n.11 Alta California, 57, 71, 72 Alvarez, Juan, 4, 5 Alvarez Barreiro, Francisco, 15, 45, 53–54, 67; Plano Corográfico e Hydrogr áphico de las Provincias de el Nuevo México . . . , 54, 54 Alvarez de Pineda, Alonso, 5–6, 7; Gulf of Mexico, 6, 6 Alzate y Ramírez, José Antonio, 13, 15– 16; Nuevo Mapa Geographico de la America Septentrional, 28, 75 American cartography: and expeditions, 80, 83–84, 88–93, 99, 102, 104, 107– 113, 185, 186, 189; and Lewis and Clark expedition, 80, 95, 110, 188; standards for, 82, 83, 86 American expansion: and Louisiana Purchase, xviii, 19, 80, 187; and railroads , 105; and Spain, xviii, 19, 187; and U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, 131 American frontier forts, 90–91 American settlement, 89, 90 American soldier-engineers: equipment of, 84–85, 88, 92–93, 96, 104, 106; and Native Americans, 83, 85, 88, 99, 102, 104, 119–120n.57; surveying and mapping duties, 82; and Topographical Bureau and Map Depot, 82–84, 88, 90; topographic surveying methods of, 85, 88, 91, 96, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113; training of, 83, 85–86, 90, 92, 94, 116n.24; and U.S.–Mexican War, 131, 149; working conditions of, 86, 88. See also 194 u mapping and empire U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers American West: and American military mapping, 80, 82, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91; and Emory, 95, 105; and Frémont , 92; and Hall, 109; and Office of Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys, 105–111; Poinsett’s plan for, 90; topographic master map of, 83; and U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, 131 Americas: and charting of Gulf of Mexico, 4; European rivalry in, 57, 58; and Spanish geographiccartographic secrecy, 2–3 Anián, straits of, 23, 24, 26, 33, 72 Antillón, Isidoro de, La America Septentrional . . . , 34 Antonelli, Baustista: Map of Cartagena, 46, 47; maps of, 46–47, 54; in New World, 47, 48; and Spanish forts, xvii Anza, Juan Bautista de, 27, 71 Apache Indians, 57, 68, 69, 73, 170 Arizona, 98, 99, 104, 112, 187 Arkansas River, 81, 88, 89, 93, 188 Army of the West, 95, 133 Arriola, Andrés de, 13–14 Ascención, Antonio de la, 25, 26 Atondo y Antillón, Isidro de, 27 August Hoen and Company, 92, 110 Ayala, Juan Manuel de, 30, 31 Bache, Alexander Dallas, 95, 149, 154n.33 Balthasar, Juan Antonio, Vista de las missiones en Sonora y sus contronos, 65–66, 66 Bartlett-García Conde Compromise, 158, 163, 164, 171 Battle of Buena Vista: and Benham, xix, 130, 133, 135–136, 137–143, 151; and Gregg, 146; map of, 134; and Santa Anna, 130, 134–137, 139–141, 142, 146, 149; as Taylor’s victory, 143; and Wool, 130, 133, 135, 136, 139–140, 142, 149 Benham, Henry Washington: and Agua Nueva, 135, 136, 149; and Battle of Buena Vista, xix, 130, 133, 135–136, 137–143, 151; birth of, 130, 151–152n.1; and Bowles’ retreat, 140; cartographic material of, 143, 145–149, 151; military career of, 130–131, 133, 149, 151, 154n.33; portrait of, 132; Reconnaissance of the Route from Monterey to Saltillo and Mazapil, 143, 145– 146, 145; report on fighting, 139; and Santa Anna’s troops, 142–143; Sketch of Country Between Agua Nueva to la Punta and Encarnación and Back . . . , 147–149, 148; and topography at Buena Vista, 135–136; and troop casualties, 142; and troop estimates, 138–139; wounding of, 141 Benton, Thomas Hart, 91, 188 Bernard, Simon, 83, 85, 115n.15 Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de, 14 Bisente, Juan, 13, 15 Blake, William, 110; Geological Map of the Route explored by Lieut. A. W. Whipple . . . , 109 Bodega y Quadra...