Spanish Empire
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\Found in 13 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
A New Map of Georgia with Part of Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, 1764
Item — Box 8, Folder: Map 48
Identifier: 3976.654
Description
From catalog info:
Southeast U.S.
Bowen, Emanuel (ca. 1720-1767)
London:(1764)
Scale:1:2,500,000; bar. English & French Leauges 20 to a Degree. 1 inch = 11 units.
[In Harris (John). Navigatium. atque itineratium bibliotheca, or, a completed collection of voyages and travels. fol. London, for T. Osborne, 1764 v. 2 opp. p. 323].
Hargrett Catalog, p.340 under 1764.
Phillips, Maps, p.295
Tooley's Dictionary, p.74.
Dates:
1764
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 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
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
General map of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1794
Item — Drawer MC-3, Folder: Map 69
Identifier: 3976.655
Description
From catalog info:S.E. U.S.A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of Ameria, via Norht Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia:... LA & FLLaurie, Robert (1755-1836) & Whittle, James (d.1818)Colored boundaries.London:Laurie & Whittle, no.53, Fleet Street, 1794Scale: one inch equals 30 miles; 1:3,000,000.Two insets: Charlestown & St. Augustine.$17.50 in pencil on upper right portion of sheet. Plate no.38 on...
Dates:
1794