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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

[Map of Isola Spagnola]

Page of text containing a map that shows buildings representing settlement of Isabella on the [Isola] Spagnola [later Hispaniola]. Includes text above and below map [in Italian] describing the qualities of the Isola Spagnola. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1534
Creator: unknown
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

[Map of Europe as queen]

Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Typus Orbis Universalis

Map shows parts of Earth known to exist during the mid-sixteenth century. No scale provided.
Date: 1550
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Isola Spagnola nova.

Map shows island of Hispaniola with relief shown pictorially. No scale indicated.
Date: 1561
Creator: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orbis descriptio.

Map shows known and assumed mid-sixteenth century geographic outlines and place names of continents and islands in the eastern and western hemispheres. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1561
Creator: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
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

Nueva Hispania tabula nova.

Map shows known geography, rivers, and settlements in early sixteenth century New Spain [Mexico]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:19,000,000].
Date: 1564
Creator: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.

Map shows North America and South America as understood during the late sixteenth century. Political boundaries are indicated by coloration in different regions of each continent. Relief shown pictorially. No scale indicated.
Date: 1570
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tabula Indiae X.

Map shows late sixteenth century India rivers, cities, and mountains. with relief shown pictorially. Includes notes; scale not given.
Date: 1571
Creator: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hispaniae novae sivae magnae, recens et vera descripto 1579.

Map shows Pacific Coast of the central portion of New Spain with large lake and four named islands (with numbered key) in upper left corner and "Notularum circa Mexico explanatio" in the lower right corner; title cartouche in upper right corner, secondary cartouche in lower left corner. Includes lettered key to cities, "Notularum circa Mexico explanatio," and small illustrations of sailing vessels. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1579
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham
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

Cvliacanae, Americae regionis, descriptio :b Hispaniolae, Cvbae, aliarvmqve insvlarvm circvmiacientivm, delineatio.

Map in upper half shows late sixteenth century geography and cities in the state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Map in lower half shows late sixteenth century geography and cities in the West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. Scales not given.
Date: [1581..1587]
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Perusini agri [Umbria, Italy].

Map shows cities and villages pictorially in the region of Umbria, Italy during the late-sixteenth century. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1584
Creator: Danti, Ignazio, 1536-1586
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

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

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

Fionia

Map shows towns on the Danish islands of Fionia [Fyn], Alsen, Arr, Langeland in the Baltic Sea. Scale not given.
Date: 1595
Creator: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
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

Nueva Hispania tabula nova.

Map shows known geography, rivers, and settlements in late sixteenth century New Spain [Mexico]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not shown.
Date: 1598
Creator: Ruscelli, Girolamo
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Guastecan Reg. Sinus Magnus Orientalis Nove Hisp.

Map shows geography of the Huasteca Region of "New Spain." No scale indicated.
Date: 1601
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

China Regio Asiae

Map shows the Great Wall, cities and provinces. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1602
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tartaria.

Map shows Asia from Russia, Persia, and the Caspian Sea to the west and China, Korea, Japan, the "Mongul. Tendvc," and the "Mare Glaciale" to the east; shows pictorial Great Wall of China. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1602
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History