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Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Geography\World\North and Central America\Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, 1721
Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 24
Identifier: 39.557
Scope and Contents
This map contains depictions of Louisiana territory and the surrounding areas, such as Florida, Carolina and as north as the Great Lakes. This map also depicts areas near Louisiana as inhabited by Indigenous peoples, such as the Apache and the Padoucas tribes. Inscribed in type, "The Landing Place of Fyrnand Soto in 1539" in middle on recto; Inscribed in type, "Explanation: [house] Habitations of the Indians [asterisk] Promiscuous Nations [plus sign] Nations destroyed [snake emblem] Course...
Dates:
1721
A Map of Mexico or New Spain, Florida now called Louisiana, Part of California &c., from Atlas geographus, 1717
Item — Box 1, Folder: Map 21
Identifier: 3976.709
Description
From Map CardHerman Moll, (d.1732), GeographerJ. Nutt, London, 1717Scale: 1:20,000,000See Phillips Atlases, Vol. 1, p. 312 (Entry #557, vol.5 p.[7962]).Hargrett Collection, p.339 Label Text Herman Moll's 18th-century map shows European settlements and many Indigenous nations, including the Apaches in present-day New Mexico and the "Chicachas" (Chickasaws) and "Chaktas" (Choctaws) in present-day...
Dates:
1717
A New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, &cc., 1752
Item — Box 8, Folder: Map 35
Identifier: 39.646
Description
From catalog info:Southeast United StatesEmaual Bowen (ca.1720-1767), English PublisherA new and accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, etc., drawn from late surveys and regulated from astronomical observations by Emanuel Bowen (map publisher).This map depicts the provinces located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. This map also includes the area inhabited by the Cherokee Nation, as well as the Appalachian Mountains,...
Dates:
1752
America Septentrionalis, 1649
Item — Drawer MC-2, Folder: Map 15
Identifier: 39.608
Translated Title
North America Description This map depicts North, Central, and South America with California detached from the mainland. Inscribed in type in Latin, "California, a prioribus Geographis semper habita suit quedam para Contineus atcepts per Hollandes ab Hispanis tabula quaedam Geographica compertum essinsulam ebe et continers ubi larissima est geo leucas A. Cap. Mendecino nero nsq, ad C.S. Luce repertum est teslibus tabula predicta et Francisco...
Dates:
1649
Americae Nova Tabula, 1663
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.74
Translated Title
Transcript (DCI)
A New Map of America
Transcript (DCI)
Septentrionalißimas Americæ partes, Goenlandiam puta Islandiā et adjacentes, quod Americæ tabulæ commodé comprehendi non potuerint, peculiari hac tabella Spectatoribus exhibendas duximus,
Dates:
1663
Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio (America or the New World, a New Description), 1570
Item — Box 20, 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
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 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
Map of North America with the settlements of Virginia and the course of Ohio, 1755
Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 38
Identifier: 3976.579
Description
From catalog info:
North America
Jean d'Anville (1697-1782)
A map of North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville. Improved with the Back Settlements of Virginia and Course of Ohio.
London: Thomas Jefferys, Publisher, 1755
Scale: 1:6,000,000
Shows British Colonies & boundaries, towns, forts, Indian Tribes, streams
Hargrett Catalog, p.34[0?]
Phillips, Maps, p.576.
Tooley's Dictionary, p.335.
Dates:
1755