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North and Central America

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Americae Nova Tabula, 1969

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3927.31
Translated Title

A New Map of America



Descriptive Title

A book of old maps delineating American history



Transcript (DCI)

Septentrionalißimas Americæ partes, Goenlandiam puta Islandiā et adjacentes, quod Americæ tabulæ commodé comprehendi non potuerint, peculiari hac tabella Spectatoribus exhibendas duximus,

Dates: 1969
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1570

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3965.569
Translated Title

A New Representation of America, or the New World



Transcript (DCI)

Hic uspiam insulas esle auro dissites nonnulli nolunt

He due insule infortunate sunt dicte a Magellano, qud nec homines nee victui apta haberent

Nova Guinea, Andrea at Corsalus Florent: videtur eā sub nomine Terre Piccinnacoli designare

Porto real ad quem Galli mercatum nauigant

Patagonum Regio. ubi incole sunt gigantes

Dates: 1570
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Carte de l'Amérique et des Mers Voisines, 1763

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.76
Translated Title

Map of America and Neighboring Seas



Descriptive Title

La Petit Atlas Manitime, Volume I

Dates: 1763
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Chart of the Caribbean area between Florida and Columbia, circa 1740

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.592
Description

The map is thought to have been drawn by the Spanish Royal School of Navigation in Cadiz, Spain.

Dates: circa 1740
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Indian Territory, 1869

 Item — Drawer MC-9, Folder: Map 465
Identifier: 39.365
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Chief of the Choctaws, (1806-1881) was one of the persons selected by the Choctaws in 1828 to survey the southeast section of Indian Territory, the land they had chosen for their home when they were forced to leave Mississippi. Peter Pitchlynn's father was John Pitchlynn, a white man and interpreter for the United States Government, who had married a Choctaw woman of the famous Folsom family. Peter...
Dates: 1869
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1948.175, Manuscript Collection: Peter Pitchlynn

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

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.709
Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates: 1717
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Novissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula, 1675

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.161
Translated Title

A Most Recent Map of the Entire World



Descriptive Title

Atlas Manitumus

Dates: 1675
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, 1666

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.168
Translated Title

A New and Most Accurate Map of the World



Descriptive Title

de Zee-Atlas

Dates: 1666
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan, 1663

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.74
Descriptive Title

Atlas Maion (Blau Atlas), Volume XII

Dates: 1663
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Typus Orbis Terrarum, 16th century

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3935.62
Translated Title An Image of the World Transcript (DCI) Nova Guinea nuper inuenta que an sit insula an pars continentis Australis incertũ est.Hanc continentem Australem nonulli Magellanicam regionem ab eius inuentore nuncupant.America sive in Dia nova. anno domini 1492 a Christophoro Colombo nomine regis Castellę primum detecta.Psitacorum Regio, sie a Lusitanis appellata ob in: credibile earum auium ibidem magnitudinem....
Dates: 16th century
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

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