Albukirk, New Mexico – A map that was formulated centuries ago, where Spanish settlers have strengthened their presence in what is now known as Mexico, and it has been returned southwest of the United States to the Mexican government, which represents the end of a year for a year to bring the historical document.
Historians and Arson at the FBI and Mexican officials joined Tuesday at the Consulate in Bokirk to hand over the celebration of the map. The FBI agent in charge of Justin Garis said it was more than just ink on paper and that Mexican officials described it as an important part of their history and cultural heritage.
“This document is not only enriched by our collective memory, but also reinforces the relationships that unite Mexico and New Mexico through a common history,” said Patricia Benzon, the consul in Mexico in Bokirk.
Kameno Real Trera Adeno mentioned as one of these links. The road with a length of 1600 miles (2,560 km) was a lifeline between Mexico City and Santa in Way and depicted as a central feature leaking across the map. Societies are brilliantly written along the road where other lines of the Mark rivers radiate.
The names of the original American societies are placed in the dark points and hearts that represent the valleys, Misa and the mountains that now stretch in the middle of New Mexico, Tous and the regions near the borders of Colorado.
Unlike today’s maps, this step is directed with the north to the right and the west at the top.
Penzon said the map is one of the thousand archaeological and cultural elements that have been restored by Mexico in recent years. Only last month, approximately 500 years old Informed manuscript page It was signed by the Spanish conqueror Hernan Curtis.
Al -Mahfuqoun in Mexico City realized for the first time that the map had disappeared in 2011. It was among the 75 pieces taken from the records belonging to the national archives. Physical evidence included a scar in one folder where the pages were removed.
About five years have passed with no threads.
Then came a call from a library secretary at the Fray Angélico Chávez at the New Mexico Museum of History in Santa in, who was doing basic research on a map presented to the library for sale. “The secretary of the library has found evidence that the document might be stolen.
Mexican reserves used negatives and copying the microfilm to prove that the document in Santa was real.
It took years to work through protocols and international laws related to the stolen materials stolen from other countries, but during that time Garrett said that the library was greatly concerned with protecting the map in an environment controlled by the climate. It is written on paper made from a piece of piece.
The FBI has held the map over the past year, while the final arrangements were taken on Tuesday.
“We are very happy that she returned to her legal owners, and we were happy that we took care of her for a while,” said Jarrett.
Federal investigators say it is not surprising that the map appeared in Santa in, given that the city is a major center for merchants and collectors of sedition in the original American colonial art. Although they did not reveal any details about their investigations, they say no charges will be brought against.
Manuel Garcia Yergo, a history professor at the University of New Mexico, recalled the filming of a map computer image about a decade ago while conducting research at General de la Nacion in Mexico City. When he found it for the first time, he knew he was important.
Joseph Sanchez, who founded the Spanish colonial research center at UNM, photographed a copy of the map decades ago for his research.
“We have found it interesting that we saw this map in Mexico and considered it very important, and now we discovered that it was recovered in Santa in,” said Garcia Yergo before the ceremony.
During this event, Sanchez shared many old maps that included areas that exceed the current New Mexico borders, saying that there is more than the history of the state more than the dedicated map offers. However, he said that the map that is returned to Mexico “is a completely unique thing, and it shows a different kind of settlement style.”
The mayor of Santa Villan Weber collected a better look at the map. While he was estimated to be fine, he said that every person in his city is an orange of history. After all, Santa V – founded in 1610 as the Nuwevo Mexico headquarters in Spain – is the oldest capital in the United States.
“We are living in history. It is not something in the past. It is part of our daily life,” Weber said.
For Webber, the map also documents a sense of the overwhelming place and is still present today.
He said: “There are many places that suffer from similarities, and Santa in New Mexico is not places suffering from similarity.” “It is unique and in particular, and this map has a certificate already a great place.”