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Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres: Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765.

Course of the Mississippi River from the Balise to Fort Chartres based on surveys made by the French. Surrounding geographic features are noted with relief shown pictorially.
Date: June 1, 1775
Creator: Ross, Lieutenant
System: The UNT Digital Library

An accurate map of North America describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states ; the whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick [sic.] improvements [Sheet 1].

Map shows European settlements, areas of Native American habitation, routes of Spanish galleon voyages in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Includes explanation to symbols, text of Articles 4-7, 9, 17-18, and 20 of the Treaty of Paris, 1763, textual commentary and notes on explorers and discovery dates, and illustrated title cartouche depicting new world natives and animals. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino." Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of North America describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states ; the whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick [sic.] improvements [Sheet 2].

Map shows European settlements, areas of Native American habitation, routes of Spanish galleon voyages in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Includes explanation to symbols, text of Articles 4-7, 9, 17-18, and 20 of the Treaty of Paris, 1763, textual commentary and notes on explorers and discovery dates, and illustrated title cartouche depicting new world natives and animals. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino." Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
System: The Portal to Texas History

A chart of the Straits of Magellan.

Map shows the island and channel formation of the Straits of Magellan with landmarks and directional arrows; tip of Patagonia, the Straits of Magellan, and the Falkland Islands on inset. Includes notes and points of anchorage. Inset: "A chart of Magellania with Falkland Islands." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures; depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000] and [ca. 1:880,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
System: The Portal to Texas History

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana.

Map shows coastline from Cabo del Norte to St. Martins Keys with particular detail for the surroundings of New Orleans, Pensacola Bay, Mobile Bay, and St. Joseph's Bay; route of Spanish fleet from Vera Cruz to Havana. Includes notes. Relief shown by pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
System: The Portal to Texas History

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana. : the Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the Bahama Islands.

Map shows late eighteenth century coastline detail of the Gulf of Mexico from southern Louisiana to the tip of Florida; coastline detail for Atlantic coast of Florida; swamps, islands, inlets, settlements, and ports; similar details for the Bahamas. Includes small illustrations of ships and annotations. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
System: The Portal to Texas History

An index map to the following sixteen sheets being a compleat chart of the West Indies : with letters in the margin to direct the placing the different sheets in their proper places.

Map shows coastline for the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida peninsula, north and south coasts of Central America, northern portions of South America, the islands of the West Indies, the Bahamas, and the Caribees; islands, atolls, towns, banks, and rivers; navigational routes through the islands. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
System: The Portal to Texas History

An index map to the following sixteen sheets being a compleat [sic.] chart of the West Indies with letters in the margin to direct the placing the different sheets in their proper places..

Map shows the Gulf of Mexico, Central America, part of South America, and West Indian islands, with towns and rivers. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

De la Tartarie.

Map shows late eighteenth century boundaries, regions, and cities of Russian Siberia and Tartarie, Grand Tartarie, Persia, and parts of China and India. Includes text in two panels flanking left and right of map. Scale not given.
Date: [1775..1795]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the West Indies, New Spain, and coastlines adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico]

Map shows islands of the Caribbean area from the Bahama Islands and Cuba to the Caribbee Islands; the northern coast of South America, New Spain, the coast along the Gulf of Mexico as Louisiana and West Florida, and the Florida peninsula as East Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1775..1795]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston.

Map shows late-colonial Boston, Massachusetts street names, building locations, ferries, wharves, fortifications, and "the Common." "Charles Town in Ruins" is depicted in the upper part of the map. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given. Map comes from The Gentleman's Magazine, v. 45, Oct. 1775.
Date: 1775
Creator: Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America and the West Indies with the opposite coasts of Europe and Africa.

Map shows major routes of exploration, eastern half of the North American continent, the West Indies, New Spain, and northern portion of South America; the British Isles and the western portions of Europe and Africa, islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area; areas of Native American habitation and major settlements. Includes tables, dates, notes, and small illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:17,000,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Russian Discoveries : from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Map shows coast of Russia, the Alaskan peninsula, and portions of the Arctic Circle; routes and stops taken by explorers Captains Bering and Tschirikow and others. Includes legend and "explanation of the Russian names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Russian Discoveries : from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Map shows coast of Russia, the Alaskan peninsula, and portions of the Arctic Circle; routes and stops taken by explorers Captains Bering and Tschirikow and others. Includes legend and "explanation of the Russian names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
System: The Portal to Texas History

The western coast of Louisiana and the coast of New Leon.

Map shows geography along the present-day Gulf of Mexico coast known as "New Kingdom of Leon." Relief shown pictorially, depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,340,000]. Map is from The West India Atlas published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett [1775].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
System: The Portal to Texas History