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Novissima et accuratissima totius Americæ descriptio, per Ioannem de Ram.

Map shows eastern and southern portions of North America to California [as an island], the West Indies, and South America with Brasilia [Brazil] as an island severed from the continent by rivers; Great Britain, western coasts of Europe and Africa. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1675..1695]
Creator: Ram, Johannes de, 1648-1693
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pervviae avriferae regionis typus.

Map shows portion of Central America, northwestern South America, southern United States, and coast of Tamaulipas in Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Scales differ.
Date: 1584
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Typus orbis terrarum, ad imitationem universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris : cuius secundum tam veterum quàm recentiorum supputationem 5400 miliaria Germanica ambitus complectitur..

Map shows geography and place names of the eastern and western hemispheres as known during the late sixteenth century. Includes notes, Cicero quotation, and portrait of Jesus. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1596..1624]
Creator: Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur) : cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio.

Map shows known and assumed geography and place names of land masses and islands in the late sixteenth century Pacific Ocean. No scale noted.
Date: 1589
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula.

Map shows major cities and physical features for Europe, Asia, and Africa, with vague depiction beyond New Guinea for the Eastern Hemisphere; major settlements for South America, Central America, New Spain, and the eastern and southern portions of North America, and a vague depiction of the Pacific Coast, with California as an island, for the Western Hemisphere. Insets: "Julius Cæsar," "Claudius Ptolomeus Ale.," "Iudocus Hondius Flander," and "Gerardus Mercator Flander." Scale not given.
Date: 1641
Creator: Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573
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

America Septentrionalis : concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas.

Map shows known extent of North America from Greenland and Baffin Bay to New Spain and Panama; northern coast of South America, the West indies, California, and the Sargasso Sea; explorers' routes along the Pacific coast of California and New Spain, and areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1758..1760]
Creator: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae septentrionalis pars I.

Map shows "Louisania" [French Louisiana], "Tecas" [Texas], New Navare and New Mexico, "Great Space of Land unknown," settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: [Map of Baffin's Bay, Hudson's Bay and adjacent lands]; in upper left corner: "This scale is half of the other." Includes dates and names of explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not indicated.
Date: [1750..1770]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.

Map settlements and missions in political divisions of New Spain and New France on the North American continent and for Brazil, Chili, and Peru; remaining land areas with coastal settlements only; areas of Native American habitation; New Guinea at the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. Political boundaries are indicated by coloration in different regions of each continent. Includes notes and number key; handwritten notations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:45,000,000].
Date: 1587
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Secunda etas mundi.

Map shows the pre-Columbus world, based on Ptolemy's Geographia. Jerusalem is at the center of the map; the Indian Ocean is an enclosed area; and Scandinavia, southern Africa and the Far East are not shown. Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1493
Creator: Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
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

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

Tierra nueva.

Map shows eastern coast of North America from Labrador to Florida and islands east of "La Bremuda" [Bermuda]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1561
Creator: Sanuto, Livio, 1520-1576
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

America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas.

Map shows major cities and areas of Native American habitation for known extent of the eastern and southern portions of North America to include New Spain, New Mexico, Georgia, Louisiana, New France, Greenland, California, the West Indies, and "Terrae Arcticae"; Sargasso Sea and other vegetative areas in the Atlantic Ocean. Includes explorers' routes and dates along the Pacific coastline and notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1758..1778]
Creator: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.

Map shows known mid-sixteenth century geography of the Western Hemisphere. Scale not given.
Date: 1540?
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.

Map shows known geography and place names in the late sixteenth century Western Hemisphere. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1580?
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Typus Orbis Terrarum

Map shows six continents; "Terra Australis Incognita" encompassing southern polar region, with a peninsular area labeled "Hollandia Nova." Relief shown pictorially. Scale not noted.
Date: 16uu
Creator: unknown
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

Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio.

Map shows political boundaries, place names, vegetation, animals, areas of Native American habitation, and notable physical features; California as an island. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1670..1688]
Creator: Wit, Frederik de
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vetus Mexico.

Map shows birdseye Venice-like view of Mexico City surrounded by Lake Texcoco. Includes key to points on the map. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1671
Creator: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

"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
Object Type: Map
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
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History