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"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

"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

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

"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

"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

"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

"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

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
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

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

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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Figure de la ville de Jerusalem.

Map shows buildings inside Jerusalem. According to its French inscription, this map purports to show how Jerusalem and its environs looked from the time of David, ca. 1010 B.C. until its destruction at the time of Roman Emperor Titus in 70 A.D. The map was intended to help illuminate the third chapter of the Bible book of Nehemia, and it possibly came from a seventeenth century French Huguenot or Swiss Protestant Bible. Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend. Text in French, building names and historical sites in Latin. No scale given.
Date: 1750?
Creator: unknown
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
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
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

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
System: The Portal to Texas History