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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

Carte générale du Canada, de la Louisiane, de la Floride, de la Caroline, de la Virginie, de la Nouvelle Angleterre, etc.

Map shows settlements, colonies, areas of Native American habitation, and physical features along the eastern coast of North America from Canada and the Gulf of the St. Lawrence to upper Florida and as far west as the Mississippi River and French "Louisiane" territory. Includes notes. Inset: [Map of the waterways in the upper northeastern portion of North America]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000] and Scale [ca. 11,000,000].
Date: 1776
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia : from Mr. d'Anville, with several improvements and additions, and the newest discoveries [Sheet 1].

Map shows known late eighteenth century geographical features, cities, and political boundaries in South America. Inset: "Chart of Falkland Islands named by the French Malouine Islands and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1593." Includes text and historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1779
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia : from Mr. d'Anville, with several improvements and additions, and the newest discoveries [Sheet 2].

Map shows known late eighteenth century geographical features, cities, and political boundaries in South America. Includes text and historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1779
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
System: The Portal to Texas History

Le Nouveau Mexique avec la Partie Septentrionale de l'Ancien, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne.

Map shows areas of Native American habitation, cities, villages, missions, and notable physical features of northern Mexico from Baja California to western Florida; also the coast and islands off of the upper Yucatan peninsula. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1774
Creator: Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte générale des colonies Angloises : dans l'Amérique Septentrionale.

Map shows major cities, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, eastern portion of North America from Nova Scotia to Louisiana and including the Great Lakes area and western tributaries to the Mississippi River. Inset: [Map of the Isles Lucayes, Cuba, Saint Dominique, La Jamaique]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca 1:56,000].
Date: 1778
Creator: Phelipeau, René, fl. 1748-1784
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

Carte de la Californie: suivant I. la Carte manuscrite de l'Amérique de Mathieu Néron Pecci olen dresses áa Florence en 1604, II. Sanson 1656, III. De l'Isle Amérique Sept. 1700, IV. le Pere Kino Jesuite en 1705, V. la Société des Jésuites en 1767.

Map shows five early cartographic perceptions of California and the Gulf of California; islands, settlements, areas of Native American habitation, and notable physical features. Includes some dates of discovery. Relief shown pictorially. Scales differ.
Date: 1779
Creator: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte qui represente les differentes connoissances que l'on a eues des Terres Arctiques depuis 1650 jusqu'en 1747 ausquelles il faut comparer la carte suevante ce.

Map shows four northeastern part of America and Greenland. The Baffin Bay, Hudson, and Button regions are detailed. The Davis Straits and Coast Labrador are also shown. Work by Sanson (1650), De L’Isle (1700 and 1703), and Henri Ellis (1747) are represented in each quadrant. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1773
Creator: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Gulf of Mexico, the islands and countries adjacent : for the Rev. Dr. Robertson's History of America.

Map shows settlements and islands near North America along the coast line of the Gulf of Mexico, in the Pacific and Gulf coast lines of New Spain, along the northern coast line of South America, and in the Caribbean Islands. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:8,870,400].
Date: 1777
Creator: Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte du Pérou et Brésil sepl. de Tierre - Firme, de Guayana, et de la rivière des Amazones : ce qui fait la partie boréale de L'Amérique Meridiole [South America - Sheet 1].

Map shows the geography and late eighteenth century settlements in the northern half of the South American continent. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000].
Date: 1779
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
System: The Portal to Texas History

L'America divisa ne' suoi principali stati di nuova projezione.

Map shows settlements and political divisions for North and South America, islands in the Pacific, New Zealand, and the western edge of Spain and Africa; route taken by Captain James Cook in 1768-71. Includes notes on New Zealand and the Northwest portion of the Americas and illustrated cartouche. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:60,000,000].
Date: 1776
Creator: Zatta, Antonio, fl. 1757-1797
System: The Portal to Texas History

L'Amérique septentle. : qui comprend les XII provinces-unies la Canada, la Louisiane, le Méxique, ou la nlle. Espagne, le nouveau Méxique et les illes Antilles.

Map shows political boundaries and European possessions in North America, Central America, the West Indies, and the northern portion of South America; areas of Native American habitation, settlements, towns, and notable physical features. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1778
Creator: Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique ou Indes Occidentales.

Map shows the known extent of the North American continent, South America, the West Indies, Great Britain, and the Western coasts of Europe and Africa; areas of Native American habitation. Insets: "Isle de la Martinique" and "Isle de S. Domingue." Includes text: "L'Amérique." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:25,000,000].
Date: 1771
Creator: Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
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

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 new and correct map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the last treaty of peace, concluded at Paris, 10th Feby. 1763 ; wherein are particularly distinguished, the several provinces and colonies, which compose the British Empire [Sheet 1].

Map shows major cities, major roads, Native American nations, and travel routes of the Spanish galleons. Includes decorative cartouche, descriptive and historical notes, and articles from the treaty. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1777
Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new and correct map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the last treaty of peace, concluded at Paris, 10th Feby. 1763 ; wherein are particularly distinguished, the several provinces and colonies, which compose the British Empire [Sheet 2].

Map shows major cities, major roads, Native American nations, and travel routes of the Spanish galleons. Includes decorative cartouche, descriptive and historical notes, and articles from the treaty. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1777
Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of the Province of Quebec : according to the Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763 from the French surveys connected with those made after the war.

Map shows settlements, military outposts, major roads, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes indexes to structures in city maps. Insets: "A particular survey of the Isles of Montreal," "The city of Quebec," "Course of the river St. Laurence, from La Valterie to Quebec," and "Plan of Montreal, or Villemarie." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,250,000].
Date: 1776
Creator: Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780
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

Carte des nouvelles decouvertes au nord de la Mer du Sud: tant à l'Est de la Sibérie et du Kamtchatka, qu'à l'Ouest de la Nouvelle France.

Map shows routes of exploration, areas of Native American habitation, and major settlements; western New France [northwestern portion of North America] includes "Mer ou Baye de l'Ouest" possibily as an early and enormous representation of Vancouver Bay; dates and names of explorers/discoverers. Includes "Avertissement," illustrations, and title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1776..1784]
Creator: Santini, Francesco
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte du Mexique ou de la nouvelle Espagne: ou l'on peut suivre les mouvemens des côstes pour l'Histoire de l'Amerique.

Map shows cities and towns for New Spain, areas of Native American habitation; general layout of Mexico City and it's surrounding area. Inset: "Supplement des environs de Mexico." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000].
Date: 1779
Creator: Robertson, William, 1721-1793
System: The Portal to Texas History