fleur-de-lis (motif) -- fleur de lis
Subject
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Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES FACET\Design Elements\design elements\motifs\plant-derived motifs\Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
A New Map of the Cherokee Nation with the Names of the Towns and Rivers, 1760
Item — Box 1, Folder: Map 42a-b
Identifier: 3976.556 a,b
Transcript (DCI)
Col. Parvley wrote in 1746, That there was a Fall ¼ Mile long 12 Miles below Uforsee to which the French Boats MIght come & from thence transport what they please to any Town over the Hills. Mr. Kelly a Trader Said the French Boats came up formerly to great Uforsee.The River herein called Mississipi River is in fact only a large Branch of it and runs into it below the junction of the Ohio and Wabache in one Stream together with them. ...
Dates:
1760
An Accurate Map of Louisiana and the Territory in Dispute between the English and French, 1760
Item — Box 1, Folder: Map 43
Identifier: 3976.555
Description
From catalog info:G. Rollos (fl. 1754-89) English Engraver.London: The British Magazine [1760?]Scale: 1:7,000,000Not located in Phillips Label Text Made during the French and Indian War (1754-63), this map labels the British colonies of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia as "territories in dispute." While European powers fought to claim control of these regions, the map records elsewhere...
Dates:
1760
Carte de l'Amérique et des Mers Voisines, 1763
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.76
Translated Title
Descriptive Title
Map of America and Neighboring Seas
Descriptive Title
La Petit Atlas Manitime, Volume I
Dates:
1763
Chart of the Caribbean Sea, ca. 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:
ca. 1740
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
Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens et Exactissima Descriptio, 1591
Item — Box 8, Folder: Map 2
Identifier: 3975.591
Translated Title
A Recent and Most Accurate Representation of Florida, a Province of America Descriptive Title Early map of the province of Florida Description From catalog info:Fkiruda, southeastern United States, Cuba, Bahamas.Three bar scales: Leucarum, Marinarum, and Terrefirium; Scale 1:5,300,000.Frankfort:Theodore de Bry, 1564 (1591)John Wecheli Press; See Narrative of Le Moyne...
Dates:
1591
Map of the Cayman Islands and Caribbean Sea, 1726
Item — Box 8, 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
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
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan, 1663
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.74
Descriptive Title
Label Text
Atlas Maion (Blau Atlas), Volume XII
Label Text
With detailed engravings, vibrant colors applied by hand, and pages edged with gilding and embossed with geometric designs, the Atlas Maior was the most expensive book for sale in Europe in the mid-1600s. This multivolume set contained maps of regions from around the globe, reflecting Europe's growing interest in seeking information about-and control of-the wider world.
Dates:
1663