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America noviter delineata

Map of North and South America showing political boundaries and place names. Includes inset of Greenland and illustrations of ships and sea monsters.
Date: 1633
Creator: Merian, Matthaeus
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hispania nova

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro.
Date: 1597
Creator: Wytfliet, Cornille
System: The Portal to Texas History

Regni Mexicani seu Novæ Hispaniæ, Ludovicianæ, N. Angliæ, Carolinæ, Virginiæ et Pensylvaniæ, necnon insvlarvm archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali

Hand drawn map of North America with geographical landmarks and place names in Latin. Map decorated with drawings of ships.
Date: 1759~/1784~
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Nova Hispania, et Nova Galicia."

Hand-colored map of New Spain and Mexico from "Le Grand Atlas"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Pervviae Avriferae Regionis Typvs"

Full color map of Peruvian coast showing ports, towns and topography with insets of Florida and the Gulf coast
Date: 1609
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Nova Hispania, Nova Galicia, Guatimala"

Map of southern United States and Central lAmerica showing towns, rivers, and mountains; legend is in English, Spanish, and Dutch
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Typus Orbis Terrarum"

World map with exaggerated Northwest and Northeast Passages
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Hispaniae Nova, Nova Descriptio"

Map of west coast of Mexico showing settlements, churches, rivers, and topography; printed matter on reverse side is in German script
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Regni Mexicani seu Nova Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvaniae, necnon Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali accurata Tabula exhibita A. Joh. Baptista Homanno Noribergae"

Hand-colored paper on linen map of New Spain showing southeastern U.S., Mexico, and northern South America; drawing of Columbus with the Indians in upper right and ship battle ini lower left
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio" and "Cubae, Aliarumque Insularum Circumiacientium, Delineatio"

Hand-colored atlas map from Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"; has three decorative cartouches.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Regni Mexicani seu Nova Hispaniae Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvaniae, necnon Insularum Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali accurata Tabula exhibita A. Joh. Baptista Homanno Noribergae"

Hand-colored map of New Spain showing southeastern U.S., Mexico, and northern South America; drawing of Columbus with the Indians in upper right and ship battle ini lower left
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mappa Fluxus et Refluxus rationes in Isthmo America: no inFreto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens.

This map shows the western hemisphere including North and South America and the surrounding areas. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked pictorially. There are illustrations of ships in various places around the map.
Date: 1665
Creator: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
System: The Portal to Texas History

Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus.

This map shows Central America and the Caribbean as well as the surrounding areas. Some countries and bodies of water are labeled. There are several series of radiating lines throughout the map as well as illustrations of ships within the ocean and people around the outsides of the map.
Date: 1671
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664 & Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americæ Nova descriptio

This map shows the western hemisphere including North and South America and the surrounding areas. Some regions are outlined in color and places, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked pictorially in color. There are several color illustrations of ships and creatures in the oceans. Place names are also noted. Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000].
Date: 1682
Creator: Seile, Anne, d. 1678 & Vaughan, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History

Europa, secundum legitimas projectionis stereographic︠a︡e regulas et juxta recentissimas observationes ︠a︡eque ac relationes adhibitis qvoq[ue] veterum monumentorum subsidiis

Hand-drawn, color map of Europe as of 1743 with place names, geopolitical borders and some topographical features. Boundaries and features are noted, with relief shown pictorially.
Date: 1743
Creator: Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742
System: The UNT Digital Library

Die Neüwen Inseln so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie ligen

Hand-drawn color map of the New World with place names in Latin, title in German. This is the earliest known map of the Americas. Drawings depict Magellan's ship Victoria and a cannibal scene in Brazil.
Date: unknown
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
System: The UNT Digital Library

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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tabula Paradisi Terrestris Juxta Systema Auctoris.

Map shows the location of the mythical or biblical Eden, "Paradisus Eden Terrestris," in Armenia. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1726..1729]
Creator: Starckman, P.
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Idea naturalis Americae Borealis digito dei formata geographice proposita an MDCC.

Map shows southern and eastern portions of North America, Central America, the northeast coast of South America, the Caribbean islands, and California (depicted as an island). Includes illustrations of animals, birds, plants, and sea creatures in subtitle cartouche and dispersed across map; global hemisphere atop title. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1700
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Insulæ Americae in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones.

Map shows southeastern North America as Florida with colony of Virginia, Pacific and Gulf coasts of Central America, northern coast of South America, and the West Indies. Includes illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given. Map is from the Atlas Minor by Visscher.
Date: [1670..1690]
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Typus Orbis Universalis

Map shows parts of Earth known to exist during the mid-sixteenth century. No scale provided.
Date: 1550
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
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)
System: The Portal to Texas History