A lithograph map of the city of Matmoros in 1846 from a Mexican perspective. Compiled from some of the best contemporary sources, including printed maps after Mexican scientist, artist, and cartographer Jean Luis Berlandier, this plan of the city of Matamoros is one of several lithographed maps by the Mexican lithography firm of Placido Blanco. This map displays the city of Matamoros in a grid pattern below the zigzagging Rio Bravo del Norte. To the north of the river is the American Occupied Fort Brown which is here annotated as Fuerte Enemigo or Enemy Fort. The map is also annotated with the locations of the enemy (American) forces and batteries (fuerzas y baterias enemigas) which are located north of the river and city as well as the locations of the Mexican batteries and entrenchments between the river and the dry lands bordering the northside of the city. The map also includes three roads (caminos) on the south end of the city that lead to the mouth of the river (boca del Rio), San Fernando, and Reinosa. [This lithograph map is from the book "Apuntes Para La Historia de la Guerra entre Mexico Y Los Estados-Unidos" edited by Los Redactores and illustrated by Plácido Blanco, between pages 30 and 31].
