New Kingdom of Granada -- New Granada
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Hierarchy of South America (continent) .... South America (continent) (P) Hierarchy of Granada, New Kingdom of (former territory/colony/dependent state) ........ Granada, New Kingdom of (former territory/colony/dependent state) (P)Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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 Label Text With a map of the globe surrounded by astronomical diagrams, zodiac signs, and allegorical scenes of the four seasons, this image aims to chart both time and place on the Earth and in the heavens. But Seller also combines fact and fantasy: California is depicted as an island, and the map includes the mythical...
Dates:
1675
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan, 1663
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.74
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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