Dennis Reinhartz is Professor of History and Russian at the University of Texas at Arlington. Gerald D. Saxon is Dean of Libraries at the University of Texas at Arlington.

"Mapping and Empire provides a fascinating investigation into the role of cartography in empire building, both as a method of delineating territorial holdings and of maintaining control over them. This book is a major contribution both to American history as a whole and to the cartographic history of the Greater Southwest." -- Maeve Tynan, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction (Richard V. Francaviglia) 1. Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast (W. Michael Mathes) 2. Spanish Military Engineers in the New World before 1750 (David Buisseret) 3. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750 (Dennis Reinhartz) 4. U.S. Army Military Mapping of the American Southwest during the Nineteenth Century (Ralph E. Ehrenberg) 5. Henry Washington Benham: A U.S. Army Engineer’s View of the U.S.-Mexican War (Gerald D. Saxon) 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission (Paula Rebert) 7. Soldier-Engineers in the Geographic Understanding of the Southwestern Frontier-An Afterthought (John R. HÉbert) List of Contributors

Dennis Reinhartz is Professor of History and Russian at the University of Texas at Arlington. Gerald D. Saxon is Dean of Libraries at the University of Texas at Arlington.

"Mapping and Empire provides a fascinating investigation into the role of cartography in empire building, both as a method of delineating territorial holdings and of maintaining control over them. This book is a major contribution both to American history as a whole and to the cartographic history of the Greater Southwest." -- Maeve Tynan, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction (Richard V. Francaviglia) 1. Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast (W. Michael Mathes) 2. Spanish Military Engineers in the New World before 1750 (David Buisseret) 3. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750 (Dennis Reinhartz) 4. U.S. Army Military Mapping of the American Southwest during the Nineteenth Century (Ralph E. Ehrenberg) 5. Henry Washington Benham: A U.S. Army Engineer’s View of the U.S.-Mexican War (Gerald D. Saxon) 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission (Paula Rebert) 7. Soldier-Engineers in the Geographic Understanding of the Southwestern Frontier-An Afterthought (John R. HÉbert) List of Contributors

Dennis Reinhartz is Professor of History and Russian at the University of Texas at Arlington. Gerald D. Saxon is Dean of Libraries at the University of Texas at Arlington.

"Mapping and Empire provides a fascinating investigation into the role of cartography in empire building, both as a method of delineating territorial holdings and of maintaining control over them. This book is a major contribution both to American history as a whole and to the cartographic history of the Greater Southwest." -- Maeve Tynan, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction (Richard V. Francaviglia) 1. Spanish Maritime Charting of the Gulf of Mexico and the California Coast (W. Michael Mathes) 2. Spanish Military Engineers in the New World before 1750 (David Buisseret) 3. Spanish Military Mapping of the Northern Borderlands after 1750 (Dennis Reinhartz) 4. U.S. Army Military Mapping of the American Southwest during the Nineteenth Century (Ralph E. Ehrenberg) 5. Henry Washington Benham: A U.S. Army Engineer’s View of the U.S.-Mexican War (Gerald D. Saxon) 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission (Paula Rebert) 7. Soldier-Engineers in the Geographic Understanding of the Southwestern Frontier-An Afterthought (John R. HÉbert) List of Contributors