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A plan of Bridge Town in the island of Barbadoes.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century streets and building in Bridgetown, Barbados. Scale [ca. 1:7,737].
Date: 1766?
Creator: Gibson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

A plan of the city and harbour of Havana

Map shows layout of the city and port of Havana, Cuba and its military fortifications. Includes explanation of letter key and notes. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1763
Creator: London Magazine, 1732-1785
System: The Portal to Texas History

A plan of the late siege of the Havana, and Moor's Castle & their environs.

Map shows Havana city and harbor as well as adjacent coastline and inland areas during the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763). Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1763
Creator: London Magazine, 1732-1785
System: The Portal to Texas History

A plan of the straights [sic] of Bahama through which the expedition fleet was conducted in the year 1762 against the Havana.

Map shows navigation through "Straights of Bahama" along the northern coast of the island of Cuba during the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763). Scale not given.
Date: 1762
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

A plan of the Town and Citadel of Fort Royal in Martinico, the last landing place of our army and country, through which it marched to the attack.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century geography, shoreline, and fortifications near Mantinico on the island of Hispaniola. Inset: "Port du Carenage." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca.1:85,000].
Date: 1762
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan of the town & fort of Grenada.

Map shows the fortifications, towns, and geography on the island of Grenada. Inset: "The isle of Grenada." Relief shown by hachures ; depths shown by soundings. Scale not given
Date: 1762
Creator: Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe, comte de, 1692-1765
System: The Portal to Texas History

The seat of war in the West Indies.

Map shows overview of coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean area; port towns of Portobelo, Havana, Veracruz, and Cartagena, illustrated profile of the approach to Havana harbor, the castle of San Juan de Ulúa, and Veracruz; roads, streets, buildings, and fortifications. Includes historical notes, legends, and one view, "A prospect of the Havana." Insets: [Map of] "A long sandy bay called St. John's Bay," [Map of the] "Bay of Honda or the deep bay in Cuba," "View of the town and its port by Capt. Pearson," and "View of the castle of San Juan de Ulúa from ye town by Capt. Pearson." Relief shown by hachures, pictorially and profile. Depths shown by soundings. No scale noted.
Date: 1762
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
System: The Portal to Texas History

Suite du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis la rivière d'Iberville jusq'à celle des Yasous, et les parties connues de la Rivière Rouge et la Rivière Noire.

Map shows the course of the Lower Mississippi River and its tributaries. Includes "Remarques sur la Rivière Rouge" [Notes on the Red River]. Inset: "Carte de l'establissement françois sur la Rivière Rouge" [Map of a French settlement on the Red River]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:830,000].
Date: 1764
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
System: The Portal to Texas History

Untitled map of Louisiana, Virginia and Carolina

Untitled map by John Gibson that appeared in a June 1763 issue of "Gentlemen's Magazine" in London; refers to Texas as "High Land"
Date: June 1763
Creator: Gibson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

A view of the Moor's castle near the Havana

Map shows Moor's castle on the island of Cuba during the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763). Castle is displayed at angle to show location of batteries. Scale not given.
Date: 1763
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History