Mexican Literature Printed rendition ISSN 0188-2546 Lit. mex vol.23 no.2 Mexico nov. 2012 Studies and notes Country, gathering and visual advancements in the excursion to Veracruz of Manuel Payno Country, Collecting and Visual Technologies in Manuel Payno's Journey to Veracruz Edgar Mejia Fortune College Rundown London Debt Collectors The account "An excursion to Veracruz in the winter of 1843" (1844) of Manuel Payno is considered here with regards to developing political precariousness by the regional question with the United States, however particularly with regards to the rise of a culture Visual that advanced not just the generation of pictures (lithographs, dioramas, displays, cosmoramas), yet additionally of the organizations committed to its show (magazines, historical centers, all inclusive presentations). I inspect the path in which the narrative uses certain focal analogies in the nineteenth century, from optical advancements...