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{{short description|Hand-drawn map of pre-U.S. statehood land grant}}
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A '''''diseño''''' is a hand-drawn map of a Spanish or Mexico land grant that was submitted to the U.S. government indicating the extent of a land grant as understood by the grantees.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Diseños Collection |url=https://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/s/exhibits/item-set/7 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=California State Archives Exhibits|language=en-US}}</ref> An '''''expediente''''' is a written description of the grant. These documents were used during the U.S. land-patent process that began when Mexican [[Alta California]] became the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]] in 1850.<ref name=":1" /> ''Diseños'' are distinct from later maps produced by U.S. [[surveyor]]s within the extant American [[Public Land Survey System|rectangular survey system]].
''Diseños'' may have missing or poorly described coastal features because cattlemen who ran the ranchos generally did not make use of the shoreline or own boats.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Engstrom |first=Wayne N. |date=2006 |title=Nineteenth Century Coastal Geomorphology of Southern California |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4300343 |journal=Journal of Coastal Research |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=847–861 |doi=10.2112/03-0025.1 |jstor=4300343 |s2cid=128984180 |issn=0749-0208}}</ref>
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File:Diseño de Rancho San Pedro Los Angeles California Dominguez 1843.jpg|This ''diseño'' of [[Rancho de Los Palos Verdes]], originally part of [[Rancho San Pedro]], was submitted to the U.S. General Land Office in 1852
File:Diseño Del Rancho Los Alamitos 1852 Los Cerritos Santa Gertrudis Coyotes Siérritos Bolsas.jpg|Diseño Del [[Rancho Los Alamitos]], [[Rancho Los Cerritos|Los Cerritos]], [[Rancho Santa Gertrudes|Santa Gertrudis]], [[Rancho Los Coyotes|Coyotes]], [[Rancho Las Bolsas|Bolsas]], 1852
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==External links==
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