Resource Type

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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
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
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

Typus Orbis Universalis

Map shows parts of Earth known to exist during the mid-sixteenth century. No scale provided.
Date: 1550
Creator: Mùˆnster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
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

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

[Map of Europe as queen]

Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Mùˆnster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tartaria.

Map shows Asia from Russia, Persia, and the Caspian Sea to the west and China, Korea, Japan, the "Mongul. Tendvc," and the "Mare Glaciale" to the east; shows pictorial Great Wall of China. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1602
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

China Regio Asiae

Map shows the Great Wall, cities and provinces. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1602
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Africae tabula geographica.

Map shows northern coast of Africa, Iberian and Italian peninsulas, and larger islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Includes notes. Scale not given.
Date: 1742
Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fossa Eugeniana : quae a Rheno ad Mosam duci coepta est : anno 1627 ductu Comitis Henrici vanden Berge.

Map shows structure spanning the area between the Meuse and Rhine Rivers from Venlo to Rheinberg; settlements, farmland, forested areas, roads, windmills, and other structures. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1633
Creator: Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651
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

Fionia

Map shows towns on the Danish islands of Fionia [Fyn], Alsen, Arr, Langeland in the Baltic Sea. Scale not given.
Date: 1595
Creator: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Insularum Britannicarum.

Map shows Hadrian's Wall and settlements in the British Isles and Ireland. Includes notes and illustrations of sailing ships, sea creatures, and people. Scale not given.
Date: [1638..1858]
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Leodiensis Dioecesis

Map shows early to mid-seventeenth century cities, towns, forested areas, and marshlands in the diocese of Liè€ge and adjacent areas near the Meuse River valley. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1630..1650]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orbis vetus, et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumque tractus, Arcticus, et Antarcticus.

Map shows seventeenth century known geography of Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and part of North America. Notes in Latin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1657
Creator: Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.

Map shows North America and South America as understood during the late sixteenth century. Political boundaries are indicated by coloration in different regions of each continent. Relief shown pictorially. No scale indicated.
Date: 1570
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Guastecan Reg. Sinus Magnus Orientalis Nove Hisp.

Map shows geography of the Huasteca Region of "New Spain." No scale indicated.
Date: 1601
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America.

Map shows settlements in North and South America. Includes text describing the New World. Descriptors on map in Italian and Latin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1620?
Creator: Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617
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

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.
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