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islands (landforms) -- island

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Settlements and Landscapes\landscapes (environments)\natural landscapes\landforms and landform components\landforms\landforms by shape or position\landforms by position: relation to water\

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America, 1824

 Item — Drawer MC-5, Folder: 447
Identifier: 3916.180
Description

This map is in two sections.



Dates: 1824
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia Dicta, Primum ab Anglis Inventa Sumtibus Dn Walteri Raleigh, 1585 - 1590

 Item — Drawer MC-2, Folder: Map 4
Identifier: 3975.226
Translated Title A Region of America, Now Called Virginia, Discovered for the First Time by the English at the Expense of Sir Walter Raleigh Descriptive Title Early map of the colony of Virginia Transcript (DCI) Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta primum ad Anglis inuenta sumtibus Sir Walter Raleigh, equestris ordinis viri Anno dominae MDLXXXV regni vero Sereniss: nostrae reginae Elisabethae XXVII Hujus vero...
Dates: 1585 - 1590
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1830

 Item — Drawer E-12, Folder: Map 117
Identifier: 3976.554
Translated Title

Map of the United States of America



Description

From catalog info:
U.S./Canada/Mexico
Thierry, French Engraver
Paris: [1830]
Scale: 1:15,400,000
Atlas plate no.75 from Geographie Moderne.
Shows Louisiana and Oregon Territory as part of U.S. Oklahoma, shown as part of Arkansas Territory.
Not found in Phillips






Dates: 1830
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

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
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Chart of the Gulf of Mexico and Cuba, circa 1740

 Item — Drawer MC-1, Folder: Map 30
Identifier: 3976.593
Description From catalog info:Probably drawn by Spanish Royal School of Navigation, Cadiz, Spain, ca. 1740Scale: Two inches equals one degree, 1:2,500,000Portolan chart drawn on vellum with black ink; compass rose in red, blue, & greenFairly accurate chart for shoreline delineation for its time. The Island of Cuba seems to be poorly defined and 3/4 of island to east of Havanna is not shown. The general shoreline around the Gulf of Mexico is in good alignment from the Yucatan...
Dates: circa 1740
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Copy of Declaration of John Watts with Respect to an Island in Tennessee River Held Jointly with Chief John Ross, March 9, 1838

 Item — Folder 315: [Barcode: 187.315]
Identifier: 4026.539
Description

Copy of Declaration of John Watts with respect to an island in the Tennessee River held jointly with Chief John Ross before his removal west under the Treaty of 1817. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 315

Dates: March 9, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to Archbishop Cisneros, 1512

 Item — Box 45
Identifier: 4075.67
Description

Letter from Diego Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, to Archbishop Cisneros. Diego, born in Guanahani (later San Salvador), was one of ten Natives taken back to Spain aboard the Niña in January 1493. After being baptized in Barcelona, Christopher Columbus adopted him. Diego became Columbus' chief interpreter and served him faithfully during his remaining time in the Indies.

Dates: 1512
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.93, Spanish Colonial Manuscript Collection

Map of Mexico, or New Spain, Louisiana, and part of California, 1717

 Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 21
Identifier: 3976.709
Description

From Map Card
Herman Moll, (d.1732), Geographer
J. Nutt, London, 1717
Scale: 1:20,000,000
See Phillips Atlases, Vol. 1, p. 312 (Entry #557, vol.5 p.[7962]).
Hargrett Collection, p.339




Dates: 1717
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Map of the Cayman Islands and Caribbean Sea, 1726

 Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 25
Identifier: 3976.739
Description

From catalog info:
Anonymous (Ship Petersfield, 1726).
Vellum Manuscript with color added
Scale: 1:1,850,000


Dates: 1726
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Map of the colonies of Virginia and Maryland, 1752

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.195
Description

A new, accurate map of Virginia and Maryland laid down from surveys and regulated by Astron Observant, Emanuel Bowen.

Dates: 1752
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

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