Map shows routes of exploration in North America up to the early eighteenth century and the names and locations various Native American tribes. Includes indexes to territories and places. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:18,500,000].

Hand drawn map showing North America, Mexico and a northern section of Amerique Meridionale in 1722. Place names and topographical features included.

Hand-drawn color map of South America in 1708. Countries are shaded in different colors and some paths are marked in color. Bodies of water and geographic features are noted, with relief shown pictorially.

Map shows early eighteenth century political boundaries, internal state boundaries, major cities, and notable physical features; islands in the Indian and Atlantic oceans to the eastern coast of South America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:21,000,000].

Map shows geographical demarcation line declared by the Papal Bull of Pope Alexander VI, assigning new world territories to the Spanish and Portuguese; political divisions for North and South America, major cities, and areas of Native American habitation; western coasts of Europe and Africa to the east; California, French Louisiana, New Spain, New England, islands of the Caribbean. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:31,000,000].

Map shows cities, towns, and geographical features of Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida as known during the early eighteenth century. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:9,504,000].

Atys, which premiered on 10 January 1676, is the first of the tragédies lyriques of Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault to have a tragic ending. As the Prologue indicates, the tragedie itself is a divertissement to ease the king's mind of his impending duties. Joyce Newman, in Jean-Baptiste de Lully and his Tragédie Lyriques, summarizes the message of the story in this way: "In [Atys], Quinault shows how actions which are not in accord with the noble ideal will bring defeat and punishment. Not only is love in opposition to glory in this opera, but also it is shown that if love is place more highly than honor, it will bring unhappiness even to one of the immortals."

King Louis XIV's involvement in campaigns against the Dutch/Swedish alliance in early 1682 prevented him from attending the premiere of Persée in April of that year. As was customary in the operas of composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and librettist Philippe Quinault, the prologue included references to current battlefield exploits and portrayed the king as a paragon of virtue. The prologues of previous Lully operas emphasized glory and prowess over virtue; the change in emphasis in Persée may have resulted from the increased influence of Madame de Maintenon (the king's new mistress) in the court and her pension for decorum.

Mouret’s Les amours des dieux is classified as a ballet-heroïque, a type of opéra-ballet that was popular during the first half of the eighteenth century. Although the term ballet-heroïque suggests the prevalence of dance, drawing on the divertissement tradition, singing and acting are also integral parts of this genre. What distinguishes the opéra-ballet from the tragedie en musique is the use of separate plots for each entrée (comparable to an act). The segments are not entirely independent, however, in that there is typically a central, overarching idea.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This secular cantata for soprano and basso continuo features obbligato flute and violin. The introductory letter addresses not a royal patron but a commercial one - the women that would sing this cantata.