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This article presents a brief tour through the history of geography in Mexico throughout the 19th century. Its objective is to contextualize, in a brief and chronological way, the most important cartographic efforts that took place throughout the century, in order to offer a panoramic vision of the development of this science in Mexico. To this end, I conceive the production of geographic knowledge as an ideological tool that educated in the need to have a national territory that was protected, unified, and clearly delimited. Resumen Este trabajo presenta un breve recorrido por la historia de la geografía en México a lo largo del siglo XIX. Su objetivo es contextualizar de manera breve y cronológica los esfuerzos cartográficos más importantes que tuvieron lugar a lo largo del siglo, para así ofrecer una visión panorámica del desarrollo de esta ciencia en México. Con este fin, concibo la producción de conocimiento geográfico como herramienta ideológica que educó a los ciudadanos de la joven nación en la necesidad de poseer un territorio nacional protegido, unificado, productivo y delimitado claramente.

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