Title: U.S. Steamers Crossing the Bar at Tabasco River Description: U.S. Steamers Crossing the Bar at Tabasco River; 1848 lithograph depicting U..S. steamships on the Tabasco River between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Yucatan peninsula, during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); the fighting that took place in the area was a significant victory for the U.S. because it was the first place where Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes de Monroy y Pizarro (1485-December 2, 1547) had put foot on Mexican soil in 1504; the Mexican-American War was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, ships, steamships, Texas, Tabasco river, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), Yucatan peninsula, 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1291 (2.71 MPixels) (1.63) Print Size: 17.8 x 10.9 cm; 7.0 x 4.3 inches File Size: 7.79 MB (8,165,144 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038612 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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