Gulf of Mexico
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\gulfs\Found in 27 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
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
A Sketch of the River Perdido, 1767
Item — Drawer MC-3, Folder: Map 53
Identifier: 3976.566
Description
From catalog info:Pensacola, FlordiaUnknown British CartographerBritish MMS Map - colored
Scale: one inch equals 2 milesShows Pensacola, Campbell town, Indian camps, iron mine, road to mobile, swamps Label Text This 1767 map was created for safe navigation of the swamps of western Florida, noting details like "choak'd up with logs." At the time, Great Britain had recently taken control of this...
Dates:
1767
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