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[Postcard of Amsterdam Fire Department]

Postcard the Amsterdam Fire Department aboard a horse-drawn fire engine in a snowy park.
Date: 1916?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Rotterdam Fire Department]

Postcard of fire fighters carrying ladders via handcarts. A handwritten message to the recipient on the back of the postcard says, "I was for a few days out of town. I could not answer directly. This is our old type of fire brigade, but we have also the newer auto steam brigade. Please send me some few about farming [...]"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of an Amsterdam Fire Department Rescue]

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department evacuating a building. Three men are at a second floor window, one of which is jumping down into a sheet held by the firemen below. The firemen have ladders set up on the sides of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Dutch Firemen]

Postcard of firemen driving a horse-drawn fire engine in Amsterdam. The vehicle is equipped with a large, folded ladder, mounted above the cart. A wide, multistory building covers the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Amsterdam Fire Department]

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department driving two automobiles. The larger vehicle on the left is equipped with a water tank and hose, and the other vehicle has a ladder mounted on its side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Amsterdam Fire Department on a Boat]

Postcard of the Amsterdam fire department on a boat, with flags of the Netherlands hoisted on the bow and stern. The firemen are spraying streams of water into the air with the ship's fire hoses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Amsterdam Fire Department]

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department aboard a horse-drawn fire engine in Holland. The vehicle is fully occupied with seven uniformed men, two at the front, four in the passenger seats, and three standing on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Amsterdam Fire Department]

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department aboard a horse-drawn fire engine. The vehicle is on a bridge over water, with a neighborhood of two-story brick houses in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hispaniola soo als het: door Kolumbus Ontdekt, en by de Kastilianen bevolkt is.

Map shows settleements on the island of Hispaniola; the coast of New Spain and "Florida" [southeastern north american continent] along the Gulf of Mexico, and the islands in the Caribbean area. Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by isolines. Scale not given.
Date: [1695..1715]
Creator: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tlandschap Cumana tussen Golfo de Venezuela en Rio de Paria Gelegen.

Map shows settlements and missions in Venezuela; settlements and missions along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan peninsula, Cuba, and Jamaica. Includes illustrations of shipwreck [expedition by Franciscus de Garay to explore the Gulf in 1519]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not shown.
Date: [1695..1715]
Creator: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

'T Amerikaans Gewest van Florida Door Ferdinand De Soto Nader Ontdekt en groot deels Bemagtigd : met Privilegie.

Map shows southeastern portion of the North American continent as "Florida," the "Lucaye Ins." off the coast on "Florida" map; on second map, Persia, the Red Sea, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt and Ethiopia. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1695..1715]
Creator: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

De Golf van Mexico de eilanden en het omleggende land: zaamengesteld en op nieuw gecorrigeerd volgens de beste waarnemingen.

Map shows routes into the Caribbean area and the Gulf of Mexico; the Bahamas, Cuba, and other islands of the West Indies, the northern coast of South America, lower Mexico, both coasts of Guatimala, the Gulf coast, and the Florida peninsula. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:13,800,000].
Date: 1792
Creator: Elwe, Jan Barend
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

'T Amerikaans Gewest van Florida : Door Ferdinand De Soto Nader Ontdekt en groot deels Bemagtigt ; La Floride, Grand Paÿs de l'Amerique Septentrionale, plus avant decouverte et presque toute conquise par Ferdinand de Soto en 1534, tirée de ses Mémoires, et de tous ceux qui ont paru jusqu à present.

Map shows the extent of Spanish Florida with settlements encompassing majority of southeastern portion of the North American continent. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1696
Creator: Aa, Pieter van der, 1530-1594
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

De Golf van Mexico de eilanden en het omleggende land : zaamengesteld en op nieuw gecorrigeerd volgens de beste waarnemingen.

Map shows routes into the Caribbean area and the Gulf of Mexico; the Bahamas, Cuba, and other islands of the West Indies, the northern coast of South America, lower Mexico, both coasts of Guatimala, the Gulf coast, and the Florida peninsula. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:13,800,000].
Date: 1792
Creator: Elwe, Jan Barend
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pas kaart van de boght van Florida: met de canaal tusschen Florida en Cuba door Vooght geometra t Amsterdam.

Map shows Gulf of Mexico coastline portion of Florida, tip of the Yucatan peninsula, and most of Cuba; fortifications, structures, and points of anchorage on insets. Insets: "Bahia de Matanças int Groodt," "Havana int Groodt," and "Baja Honda int Groodt." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: [1685..1705]
Creator: Keulen, Johannes van, 1654-1715
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America Septentrionalis.

Map shows known extent of North and Central America, the West Indies and the northern part of South America; California as an island; large lake called Buttons Bay in the vicinity of the Great Lakes region. Includes text notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1625..1645]
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hos Globos Terracqueum, ac Cœlestem dicat, et donat Rm̃o P.D. Sigismundo Pollitio à Placentia Prœposito Generali Monachorum Eremitorum S. Hyeronimi Congreg: Lombardiæ, P.M. Coronelli, Cosmographus P.

Map shows world continents and oceans, with vague boundaries for parts of Australian coast, Antarctica, and Pacific coast of North America. Scale not given.
Date: [1683..1716]
Creator: Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae septentrionalis pars I.

Map shows "Louisania" [French Louisiana], "Tecas" [Texas], New Navare and New Mexico, "Great Space of Land unknown," settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: [Map of Baffin's Bay, Hudson's Bay and adjacent lands]; in upper left corner: "This scale is half of the other." Includes dates and names of explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not indicated.
Date: [1750..1770]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nieuwe en algemeene kaart van America.

Map shows European possessions in the New World, major settlements, islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, coast of Portugal, Spain, and Africa. Uncharted northwestern portion of North America is marked "Niet Ontdekte" [not known]. Includes notes on discoveries and explorers with dates. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1783
Creator: Bachiene, Willem Albert, 1712-1783
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pascaerte van Westindien begrypende in zich de vaste kusten en eylanden : alles op syn waere lengte en breete op wassende graden gelegt.

Map shows cities, towns, and geographical outline of Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida as known during the late seventeenth century. Inset: "Het canael tusschen Havana aen cuba en de Tortugas en Martyres aen Cabo de la Florida in groot besteck" [The channel between Havana in Cuba and the Tortugas and Martyres]. Scale [ca. 1:1,267,000].
Date: 1681?
Creator: Keulen, Johannes van, 1654-1715
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America noviter delineata.

Map shows known geography, settlements, ports, and coastal detail in early seventeenth century North America and South America. Includes illustrations of sea monsters, ships, and cultural observations. Insets: [Map of the Arctic Circle showing] "Groenlandi & Islandia" and [Map of the Antarctic Circle showing] "Terra Australis incognita." Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1613
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grand theatre de la guerre en amerique suivant les plus nouvelles observations des Espagnols, Anglois, Francoise & Hollandois [Sheet 1].

Map shows major settlements, missions, roads, and areas of Native American habitation in the Caribbean Islands and along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Mexico, Central America, the northern coast of South America, the Florida peninsula, and adjacent coastlines; Pacific coastlines for a portion of Mexico and the countries of Central America; street layout, buildings, roads, and fortifications for harbors of Acapulco, Veracruz, St. Augustine, Havana, Espagnole [Santo Domingo], Porto Bello, and Carthagena. Includes ocean trade routes, channels, and notes; numbered keys to some insets; some historical dates. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: "Harbourg of Porto Bello," "Plan de la Baye de Carthagena," "Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Curacao," "A draught of St. Augustin and its Harbour," "La Havane," "Plan de LaVille Espagnole de S. Donmingue," "Nouveau Plan du Port et de la Ville D'Acapulco," and "Plan de la Vera-Cruz Port du Mexique." Depths by soundings on insets. No scale noted.
Date: [1725..1745]
Creator: Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grand theatre de la guerre en amerique suivant les plus nouvelles observations des Espagnols, Anglois, Francoise & Hollandois [Sheet 2].

Map shows major settlements, missions, roads, and areas of Native American habitation in the Caribbean Islands and along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Mexico, Central America, the northern coast of South America, the Florida peninsula, and adjacent coastlines; Pacific coastlines for a portion of Mexico and the countries of Central America; street layout, buildings, roads, and fortifications for harbors of Acapulco, Veracruz, St. Augustine, Havana, Espagnole [Santo Domingo], Porto Bello, and Carthagena. Includes ocean trade routes, channels, and notes; numbered keys to some insets; some historical dates. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: "Harbourg of Porto Bello," "Plan de la Baye de Carthagena," "Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Curacao," "A draught of St. Augustin and its Harbour," "La Havane," "Plan de LaVille Espagnole de S. Donmingue," "Nouveau Plan du Port et de la Ville D'Acapulco," and "Plan de la Vera-Cruz Port du Mexique." Depths by soundings on insets. No scale noted.
Date: [1725..1745]
Creator: Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grand theatre de la guerre en amerique suivant les plus nouvelles observations des Espagnols, Anglois, Francoise & Hollandois [Sheet 3].

Map shows major settlements, missions, roads, and areas of Native American habitation in the Caribbean Islands and along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Mexico, Central America, the northern coast of South America, the Florida peninsula, and adjacent coastlines; Pacific coastlines for a portion of Mexico and the countries of Central America; street layout, buildings, roads, and fortifications for harbors of Acapulco, Veracruz, St. Augustine, Havana, Espagnole [Santo Domingo], Porto Bello, and Carthagena. Includes ocean trade routes, channels, and notes; numbered keys to some insets; some historical dates. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: "Harbourg of Porto Bello," "Plan de la Baye de Carthagena," "Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Curacao," "A draught of St. Augustin and its Harbour," "La Havane," "Plan de LaVille Espagnole de S. Donmingue," "Nouveau Plan du Port et de la Ville D'Acapulco," and "Plan de la Vera-Cruz Port du Mexique." Depths by soundings on insets. No scale noted.
Date: [1725..1745]
Creator: Ottens, R. (Reinier), 1698-1750
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History