Resource Type

'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

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

Orbis Romanus Christianus.

Map shows early establishment of the Roman Catholic church in western and southeastern Europe as the Holy Roman Empire and along the coastal areas of the Mediterranean; travels of Jesus and his apostles in Palestine and of the apostle Paul in the areas between Greece and Jerusalem. Includes reference linking Paul's travels as shown on map to Biblical verses in Acts and a key to apostles' locations. Insets: "Palaestina Jesu et Apostolorum temporibus" [Palestine of Jesus and the apostles' times] and "Itinera St. Pauli tria majora et via qua Captus Romam navi defertur" [The three major routes of Saint Paul after he was taken prisoner and transported by ship]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Alabern, P. (Pablo)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Magni Mogolis Imperivm

Map shows "Indostan" [central and upper India] and Bengal, and adjacent areas of Persia, the Tartan empire, and China. Includes illustrations of ships and elephants. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000].
Date: [1662..1665]
Creator: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae nova tabula.

Map shows early seventeenth century geography, settlements, and political borders in North America and South America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:45,000,000].
Date: 1635
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Insulae Americanae in oceano septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus.

Map shows early seventeenth century West Indies and coast of North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca.1:10,200,000].
Date: 1635
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palestina seu Terra Sancta.

Map shows boundaries, rivers, and principal settlements divided into the Twelve Tribes areas. Includes illustrative title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,250,000].
Date: 1774
Creator: Cellarius, Christoph, 1638-1707
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

Planisfero del mondo nuovo.

Map shows known geography and place names in the Western Hemisphere. Includes "Tavola di clavio nella sfera del sacrobosco." Scale varies.
Date: 1695
Creator: Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Insulae Americanae, nempe Cuba, Hispaniola Iamaica, Pto. Rico, Lucania, Antillae vulgo Caribæ, Barlo-Et Sotto-Vento etc.

Map shows coast line of Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico, islands in the Caribbean region, both coasts of Central America, and the northern coast of South America. Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000]
Date: [1680..1700]
Creator: Danckerts, Cornelis, 1664-1717
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Perusini agri [Umbria, Italy].

Map shows cities and villages pictorially in the region of Umbria, Italy during the late-sixteenth century. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1584
Creator: Danti, Ignazio, 1536-1586
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spanish] Florida.

Map shows late seventeenth century geographical misconception of Spanish Florida territory in North America. Appalachian Mountain range, two lakes, and numerous rivers of the Mississippi basin are depicted. Relief shown pictorially. No scale provided.
Date: 1678
Creator: Duval, Pierre
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae sive Indiae occidentalis tabula generalis.

Map shows the coastal outline for North America, South America, and the West Indies with major ports, rivers, and bays. Scale not given.
Date: 1630
Creator: Gerritsz, Hessel, 1581?-1632
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nova & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum index juxta observationes anno 1700.

Map shows magnetic variations, trade routes, seasonal currents, coastal ports and settlements for six continents; continents of Australia and North America are incomplete. Includes text notes, illustrated title cartouche, and dates of discovery. Inset: "Asin que rien ne manquast à cette carte, nou arons ajoûté ce Cercle Polaire en partie pour montrer l'inclinaison de Meridien vers le Pole en partie pour évitar le trop grand rétrecissement de nôtre échelle." Scale not given.
Date: [1739..1750]
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae mappa generalis secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas.

Map shows knows geography, settlements, and political borders in mid-eighteenth century North America, South America, Europe,and Africa. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:33,788,000].
Date: 1746
Creator: Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Planiglobii terrestris mappa universalis : utrumq hemisphærium orient. et occidentale repraesentans ex IV mappis generalibus Mappe-monde qui represente les deux hemispheres savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident tirée des quatre cartes generales.

Map shows major cities and political divisions for eastern and western hemispheres; 5 continents and portions of the 6th [Australia]; islands south of the eastern tip of Asia and North American coastline extends further northwest in version of map described herein. Includes six ancillary maps: "Fig. I, Hemisphere polaire Arctique," "Fig. II, Hemisphere polaire Antarctiq," "Fig. III, Hemisphere de las Sphere oblique pour l'Horizon de Nuremberg," "Fig. IV, Les Antipodes de Nuremberg," and two additional figures showing the tilt of the earth at the summer and winter solstice. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not noted.
Date: 1746
Creator: Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis insulis Americae : ut sunt insula S. Christophori, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados (ex insulis Antillicanis) nec non insulae Bermudes vel Sommers dictae : cum privil. sac. caes. majestatis = Die englische Colonie-Laender auf den Insuln von America.

Map shows boundaries for parishes or political subdivisions, roads, cities, towns, plantations, coastal details, and notable physical features. Includes text and explanations of symbols used; key to land grants for Jamaica; translation of English terms into German. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depths shown by soundings and by shading. Scale not given.
Date: [1730..1750]
Creator: Homann Erben (Firm)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mappa geographica complectens, I. Indiae occidentalem, II. Isthmum Panamensem, III. Ichnographiam præcipuorum locorum & portuum ad has terras pertinentium : Desumta omnia ex Historia Insulæ S. Dominici & pro præsenti statu belli, quod est 1740 inter Anglos & Hispanos exortum.

Map shows European possessions, cities, settlements, and notable physical features; fortification, streets, buildings, and harbor layout for cities in mid-eighteenth century Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Includes keys to select points on city maps, color key to European possessions. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scales not given.
Date: 1740
Creator: Homann Erben (Firm)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mappa geographica complectens, I. Indiae occidentalem, II. Isthmum Panamensem, III. Ichnographiam præcipuorum locorum & portuum ad has terras pertinentium : Desumta omnia ex Historia Insulæ S. Dominici & pro præsenti statu belli, quod est 1740 inter Anglos & Hispanos exortum.

Map shows European possessions, cities, settlements, and notable physical features; fortification, streets, buildings, and harbor layout for cities in mid-eighteenth century Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Includes keys to select points on city maps, color key to European possessions. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scales not given.
Date: 1740
Creator: Homann Erben (Firm)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amplissimæ regionis Mississipi seu provinciæ Ludovicianæ a R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687. detectæ, nunc Gallorum coloniis et actionum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimæ nova tabula.

Map shows areas of Native American habitation, settlements, and explorers' routes to 1716, through French Louisiana, Florida, New England and the British colonies, part of Canada, Nouveau Mexique [New Mexico] and northeastern portion of New Spain. Three of the Great Lakes are also shown. Includes legend and illustrations. Insets [illustrations]: "Catarrhacta ad Niagarum [Niagara Falls]," [Father Louis], and [Buffalo pictured with Native Americans]. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1759..1781]
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amplissimae regionis Mississipi seu provinciae Ludovicianae a R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687 detectae, nunc Gallorum coloniis et actionum negotiis toto orbe celeberrimae nova tabula.

Map shows areas of Native American habitation, settlements, and explorers' routes to 1716, through French Louisiana, Florida, New England and the British colonies, part of Canada, Nouveau Mexique [New Mexico] and northeastern portion of New Spain. Three of the Great Lakes are also shown. Includes legend and illustrations. Insets [illustrations]: "Catarrhacta ad Niagarum [Niagara Falls]," [Father Louis], and [Buffalo pictured with Native Americans]. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1759..1781]
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphaerio caelesti generalis exhibitio, quam ex novissimis probatissimisque Gallorum & Batavorum tabulis concinnatam, multisq[ue] phaenomenis illustratam luci publicae.

Map shows early eighteenth century known geography and place names in five continents. Includes text, two celestial insets, two insets of solstices, two panoramic views, and colored illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:55,000,000].
Date: 1707
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphærio cælesti generalis exhibitio: quam ex novissimis probatissinnisque recentium geographorum scriptis concinnatam, multisq phænomenis illustratam.

Map shows the prevailing directions of the trade winds; five continents and a portion of "Nova Hollandia" [Australia], major cities, and exploration routes. Includes text, two celestial insets, two insets of solstices, two panoramic views, and illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:75,000,000].
Date: 1712
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History