View of the city of Mexico

Title on object: Forma y levantado de la Ciudad de Mexico

This view of the city of Mexico, with an extensive legend in Spanish, was based on a Spanish original which was the result of a survey of the city performed in 1628, by the architect Juan Gómez de Trasmonte who worked in Mexico.

Also see Carte di Castello 43. Other copies: Bibliothèque Nationale de France P183736; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Van der Hem 44:13; Vatican Library Reg. Lat 2105, fol. 57r. (The latter two not available in the AMH, but in the online collections of the respective institutions.)

Part of the Carte di Castello, collected by Cosimo de Medici III in 1667 and 1669 during his tours through Europe. Cosimo III bought the 66 watercolours by Vingboons in December 1667 in Amsterdam, through mediation of Pieter Blaeu.