New Spain
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent) .... North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of New Spain, Viceroyalty of (historical region) ........ New Spain, Viceroyalty of (historical region) (P,H)
Found in 19 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 New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, &cc., 1752
Item — Case MC-2, 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 — Case MC-2, 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
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, 1969
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3927.31
Translated Title
Descriptive Title
Transcript (DCI)
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
Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio, 1570
Item — Drawer MC-2, 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, 1732 - 1762
Item — Drawer E-11, Folder: Map 43
Identifier: 3976.555
Description
From catalog info:
G. Rollos (fl. 1754-89) English Engraver.
London: The British Magazine [1760?]
Scale: 1:7,000,000
Not located in Phillips
Dates:
1732 - 1762
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, circa 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:
circa 1740
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