Aruba
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Hierarchy of Lesser Antilles (island group) .... Lesser Antilles (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Aruba (dependent state) ........ Aruba (dependent state)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1570
Item — Drawer MC-2, Folder: Map 3
Identifier: 3965.569
Translated Title
A New Representation of America, or the New World Transcript (DCI) Hic uspiam insulas esle auro dissites nonnulli noluntHe due insule infortunate sunt dicte a Magellano, qud nec homines nee victui apta haberentNova Guinea, Andrea at Corsalus Florent: videtur eā sub nomine Terre Piccinnacoli designarePorto real ad quem Galli mercatum nauigantPatagonum Regio. ubi incole sunt...
Dates:
1570
Chart of the Caribbean Sea, circa 1740
Item — Drawer MC-1, Folder: Map 31
Identifier: 3976.592
Description
From catalog info:Caribbean AreaSpanish Cartogtapher, 18th CenturyScale: 1:3,500,000Probably drawn by the Spanish Royal School of Navigation in Cadiz, Spain, ca.1740.Portolan, chart drawn on vellum with black ink; has grid markings on north, west, & south. Margins hand colored red, green, black in 12 parts, Spanish plave names.The delineation of the shoreline for Central and South America coasts seems fairly reasonable for its time. The Caribbean Islands are...
Dates:
circa 1740