Resource Type

A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent countries, with the settlements, factories and territories, explaning [sic] what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal & c with many remarks not extant in any other map.

Map shows cities and regions for southeast Asia, India, China, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and South Sea including the Bay of Bengal, Bay of Siam; Mindanao, Timor, Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, Formosa, China, India, Siam, and part of Persia; islands of Borneo, New Guinea, and Philippines. Insets: "A Plan of the City of Batavia," "A Plan of Fort St. George and the City of Madras," "A Prospect of the City of Surat," "A Prospect of the City of GOA," and "A Plan of ye City of Bantam." Scale [ca. 1:10,000,000].
Date: 1720
Creator: Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America.

Map shows early seventeenth century known and assumed geography, settlements, territorial claims, and areas of Native American habitation in North America, South America, and West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:40,000,000].
Date: [1607..1630]
Creator: Hondius, Jodocus, 1594 or 1595-1629
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

Nova Mexico.

Map shows a late seventeenth century "Nova Mexico" settlement. Streets and buildings are visible in the settlement and there are Native Americans, Spanish landlords, and domestic animals depicted in the foreground. Includes legend. Scale not given.
Date: 1671
Creator: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cvliacanae, Americae regionis, descriptio :b Hispaniolae, Cvbae, aliarvmqve insvlarvm circvmiacientivm, delineatio.

Map in upper half shows late sixteenth century geography and cities in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Map in lower half shows late sixteenth century geography and cities in the West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. Scales not given.
Date: [1581..1587]
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Novissima et acuratissima Barbados.

Map shows late seventeenth century geography and settlements on the of island of Barbados. Relief shown pictorially. No scale indicated.
Date: 1671?
Creator: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
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

Nova Designatio Insulæ Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion: non postremae Secundum Gubernationes fuas accuratas aeri incisa et publici juris facta.

Map shows early eighteenth century Jamaican "precinct" or parish boundaries, harbors, pastures, churches, settlements, and notable physical features. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Scale not given.
Date: [1731..1751]
Creator: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui universalis imitationem in compendium redacta.

Map shows known geography and settlements in early seventeenth century North and South America. Insets: "Golfo Mexi Cano," "Haiti nunc Hispaniola," and "Cuba." No scale indicated.
Date: 1609
Creator: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Provinciae Borealis Americae non ita Pridem Detectae aut Magis ab Europaeis Excultae.

Map shows geographically known and unknown parts of early eighteenth century North America. California is depicted as an island. Relief shown pictorially. No scale noted.
Date: 1703?
Creator: Scherer, Heinrich,1628-1704
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

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

Mappa Geographica Regionen Mexicanam et Floridam Terrague adjacentes: ut et Anteriores Americæ Insulas, Cursus itidem et reditus Navigantium versus flumen Missisipi et alias Colonias of ocidos ponens.

Map shows cities, towns, and geographical details of Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida as known during the mid-eighteenth century. Insets: "Bahia Portus Belli," "Tractus bahiæ et civitatis Havana" (ca.1:135,000), "Tractus civitatis Carthagena Castel ejus" (ca 1: 125,000), and "La vera cruz" (ca. 1:86,000). Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1: 9,350,000].
Date: 1760?
Creator: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, Pensylvaniae, necnon insvlarvm archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali..

Map shows cities, towns, and geographical details of Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida as known during the late eighteenth century. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].
Date: [1759..1784]
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
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

Accurata delineatio celeberrimae regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ot. Canadae et Floridae.

Map shows early eighteenth century geography, settlements, and territories in North America. Includes historical notes. Inset: "Les costes de la Louisiane depuis la baye de Ascension jusques acelle de S. Joseph." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000].
Date: 1734?
Creator: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Regni Mexicani seu Novæ Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, Pensylvaniae, necnon insularum archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali.

Map shows major settlements and areas of Native American habitation, political boundaries for French Canada, French Louisiana, the British colonies, New Spain, and the West Indies. Includes historical notes and illustrations of ships, sea battles, mining activity and indigenous peoples. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].
Date: [1712..1730]
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
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

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

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

Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus.

Map shows late seventeenth century West Indies and coast of North America. No scale noted.
Date: 1671
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula.

Map shows geography and settlements in the known world as the early seventeenth century. Insets: "Septentrio" [North] and "Meridies" [South]. Relief shown pictorially. No scale noted.
Date: 1638?
Creator: Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae.

Map shows known geography and place names of late seventeenth century North America and South America. Relief shown pictorially. No scale indicated.
Date: 1690?
Creator: Schagen, Gerard A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Novus orbis sive America Meridionalis et Septentrionalis: per sua regna, provincias et insulas iuxta observationes et descriptiones recentiss.

Map shows extent of American continents, California as an island, routes and dates of early explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:19,000,000].
Date: 1731?
Creator: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History