18th Century
GUILLAUME DESLILE
L’AMERIQUE SAPTENTRIONALE DRESSÉE SUR LES OBSERVATIONS
DE MRS. DE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES &
QUELQUES AUTRES ET SUR LES MEMOIRES LES PLUS RECEUS.
PAR G. DE L’ISLE, GEOGRAPHE, RUE DE CANETTES, PARIS, 1700
Guillaume Deslile
Deslile was the leading French Cartographer in the early eighteenth century. He was noted for his prolific production and exceptional accuracy. His influential Atlas Nouveau was published around 1700. He was appointed Premier Géographe du Roi in 1718, the same year that he published his masterwork on Louisiana (see 1718). This was Deslile’s first map relating to North American and it has been widely heralded as the first printed map to revert to the correct peninsular form for California, and the first to show Iberville’s 1699 discoveries and settlements along the Gulf Coast. The river shown as La Maligne is the earliest, non-Native American name for the Brazos Rivert. This map was re-issued in Amsterdam by Covens & Mortier in 1730.
L’AMERIQUE SAPTENTRIONALE DRESSÉE SUR LES OBSERVATIONS
DE MRS. DE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES &
QUELQUES AUTRES ET SUR LES MEMOIRES LES PLUS RECEUS.
PAR G. DE L’ISLE, GEOGRAPHE, RUE DE CANETTES, PARIS, 1700
Engraving; Dimensions: 53.3 x 63.5 cm (21 x 25 in)
Produced by: G. Deslile, Geographe, Rue de Canettes (Paris, 1700)
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L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1700
By: Guíllame Deslile in 1700
Dimensions: 24” x 18½”
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CARTE DU MEXIQUE ET DE LA FLORIDE
Guíllame Deslile used the most current reports from French explorers and travelers in creating his maps. His 1703 map stands as a landmark in cartographic achievement. It was the first printed map to accurately portray the mouth and course of the Mississippi River. Delisle’s later 1718 map would include a notation along the Trinity River: “mission de los Tiejas, establie 1716.” Referring to the earliest of the Spanish missions in East Texas, the phrase marked the first appearance of a form of the name Texas to appear on a printed map.
CARTE DU MEXIQUE ET DE LA FLORIDE, 1703
Paris, 1703
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NICOLAS DE FER
LES COSTES AUX ENVIRONS DE LA RIVIERE
DE MISISIPI DESCOUVERTES PAR MR. DE LA SALLE EN 1683, 1705
Nicolas de Fer
As the official geographer of France’s royal family, de Fer was primarily interested in showing the progress the French were making in exploring their vast claim in North American, particularly the penetrations of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, who had been grossly misled by Coronelli’s misplacement of the Mississippi River (see 1688-1695). The large cartouche in the upper right corner of this map exhibits much more interest in ornamentation than earlier French maps. Although de Fer contributed little new information on the Texas coastline or its interior, this map documented the knowledge of French officialdom of the areas claimed as part of Louisiana, adding to the increasing fear and resentment by Spain over French encroachment.
LES COSTES AUX ENVIRONS DE LA RIVIERE
DE MISISIPI DESCOUVERTES PAR MR. DE LA SALLE EN 1683, 1705
Engraving; Dimensions: 26.7 x 36.8 cm (10½ x 14½ in)
Published in: Nicolas de Fer, Atlas Curieux… (Paris, 1700-1704)
Engraved by Vicent de Ginville
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LE VIEUX MEXIQUE OU NOUVELLE ESPAGNE
AVEC LES COSTES DE LA FLORIDE
NOUVELLE ESPAGNE, 1705
Faisantpartic de L’Amerique Septentrionale
Par Nicholas De Fer, Geogr. de Monsig. Le Dauphin
A Paris Chez L’Auteur L’Isle du Palais sur le Quay de L’Ortage a la Shere Royal
Avec Privilege du Roy in 1705
Dimensions: 11” x 15½”
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TABULA
TABULA, 1708
Italiae Antique in Regiones XI AB Agulsto Divisae
Accurante Gulielmo Del’Isle é Regia Scientarium
Accadmia Parisiis
Sold by I Senex at the Globe over and against St. Dunston’s Church of Fleetstreet in 1708
Dimensions: 19¾” x 24¾” (Mounted on Board)
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A CORRECT MAP OF THE
NORTHEAST PART OF GERMANY
Germany, 1710
Containing the electorates of Saxony and Brandenburg and the Duchies of Silesia, Mecklenburg and Powerania
Drawn from Best Authorities by Eman Bowen
1710 (circa); Dimensions: 16” x 19”
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LE ANCIEN ET LE MOUVEAU
MEXIQUE AVEC LE FLORIDE
PAR M. BONEN, INGRVER
HYDROGRPHE DE LA MARINE
MEXIQUE AVEC LE FLORIDE, 1710
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A MAP OF MEXICO AND NEW SPAIN
A MAP OF MEXICO AND NEW SPAIN, 1717
Florida, now called Louisana, and Part of California
By Herman Moll Geographer in 1717
Dimensions: 7” x 10”
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CARTIE GENERAL DE L’AMERIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE
CARTIE GENERAL DE L’AMERIQUE, 1717
By Pople; Circa 1717
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GUILLEUME DESLILE
CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DU COURS DU
MISSISSIPI DRESSEE SUR UN GRAND NOMBRE
DE MEMOIRES ENTRAU TRES SUR CEAUX DE MR. LE MAIRE, 1718
CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DU COURS DU
MISSISSIPI DRESSEE SUR UN GRAND NOMBRE
DE MEMOIRES ENTRAU TRES SUR CEAUX DE MR. LE MAIRE, 1718
Engraving; Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm (17¾ x 25½ in)
Published by G. Deslile de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, at the house
of Deslile on the Quay l’Horloge, with the privilege of the King (Paris, June 1718)
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LA RIVIERE DE MISSISSIPI
LA RIVIERE DE MISSISSIPI, 1718
By M. De Fer in 1718
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DAS LANDT FLORIDA
RARE GERMAN MAP
FLORIDE (TEGESTA)
DAS LANDT FLORIDA, 1719
River de Spiritu Santo (To Large Bay or Lake)
1719; Dimensions: 5” x 6½” Color
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HEMISPHERE OCCIDENTAL
HEMISPHERE OCCIDENTAL, 1720
Dresse eb 1720 pour l’usage particulier du Roy
Raporties La Méme Annie Dans L’Histoire par Guillaume De L’isle premier geographe
corrigé suivant les dernieres sur les observations astronomiques et geographiques et dans
les Academie R. le des Sciences de sa Majesté de la Méme Academie Decouvertes par Cóvens et Mortier
A Amsterdam Chez; J. Covens et C. Mortier
1720; Dimensions: 21¾” x 25½”
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JEAN BAPTISTE HOMANN
REGNI MEXICANI SEU NOVAE HISPANIAE…
(NUREMBERG, CA 1725)
REGNI MEXICANI SEU NOVAE HISPANIAE…
(NUREMBERG, CA 1725)
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FRENCH MAP OF GULF COAST
FRENCH MAP OF GULF COAST
Shows French and Spanish possessions in area that became Texas.
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A MAP OF THE WEST INDIES
MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN
ALSO THE TRADE WINDS AND THE SEVERAL TRACTS MADE
B 1/E GALÉONS AND FLOTA FROM PLACE TO PLACE B
WEST INDIES, 1729
Herman Moll Geographer in 1729
Dimensions; 8” x 10½”
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MATTHÄUS SEUTTER
NOVUS ORBIS SIVE AMERICA (AUGSBURG, 1730)
Georg Matthaus Seutter
Matthäus Seutter was one of the most prominent and prolific German mapmakers in the eighteenth century. His contributions include publication of Atlas Novus in Vienna in 1730, a General Atlas about 1736, and an Atlas Minor in 1744.
The map above, published in 1730, relied heavily on Delisle’s 1703 Carte du Mexique et de la Floride. In contrast to Delisle, who presented America simply and straightforwardly, Seutter followed the German baroque style. The heavy ornamentation and cartouches are features typically found in German maps of the era.
NOVUS ORBIS SIVE AMERICA (AUGSBURG, 1730)
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MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA COMPLECTENS
INDIÆ OCCIDENTALIS
CARTE DES ISLES DE L’AMERIQUE
MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA COMPLECTENS, 1731
By Par Le SR D. Anville; Geographe OrdRE du Roi
March 3, 1731
Insets of: Vera Cruz, San Domingo, S. Augustine, Mexico
Dimensions: 23½” x 20”
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MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA REGIONEM
MEXICANAM ET FLORIDAM
MAPPA GEOGRAPHICA REGIONEM
MEXICANAM ET FLORIDAM
By Mathaei Sutteri (Agustae Vindel)
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NOUVELLE CARTE
PARTICULIÉRE DE LA
AMERIQUE
NOUVELLE CARTE, 1740
In original color by Henry Popple
Dimensions: 21” x 24”; 1740
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PARTIE DE LA COSTE DE LA
LOUISANE ET DE LA FLORIDE
PARTIE DE LA COSTE DE LA
LOUISANE ET DE LA FLORIDE, 1744
Depuis le Mississipi Jusqua St. Marc D’Apalache
Dressée sur le Manuscits du Depost de Plans de la Marine Par N.B. IngR. du Roy et de la Marine
1744; Echelles
Dimensions: 10¼” x 19”
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AN ACCURATE MAP OF
THE ISLAND OR BARBADOES
THE ISLAND OR BARBADOES, 1745
Drawn from an actual survey containing all the towns, churches, fortifications, roads,
paths, plantations and c.
By Emanuel Bowen; Circa 1745
Dimensions: 15” x 18”
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AMERICÆ
MAPP GENERALIS
AMERICÆ, 1746
By D.I. Hasii, MPP, 1746
Also by: Homannianis Heredibus
Dimensions: 18½” x 20½”
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AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville
Following the death of Guillaume Deslile in 1726, the line of progressive French cartographers which had begun in the previous century with Nicolas Sanson, continued in the person of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville. Throughout a long and productive career, d’Anville set new standards in scholarship and accuracy, and his exacting standards brought him recognition as the finest cartographer of his age.
D’Anville’s map of North America reflected a definite advance in geographical knowledge about the continent. In its depiction of Texas, the map followed the work of Delisle by including the ranges of many Indian tribes and the locations of their villages. The map also plots with a high degree of accuracy the burgeoning English colonization efforts along the eastern seaboard.
AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
By Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville
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AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
PUBLIÉE SOUS LES AUSPICES
DE MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC D’ORLEANS
PRÉMIER PRINCE DU SANG
PAR LE SR D’ANVILLE
MDCCXLVI (1746)
AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1746
A Paris, Chez L’Auteur Galeries du Louvre
Tecas (Little Shown); Two Inset Maps
Dimensions: 22” x 36”
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AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1748
Par le Sr. Robert, Geographe
Ordinaire du Roi; 1748
Dimensions: 8¾” x 11”
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THE ISLAND OF ANTEGO
THE ISLAND OF ANTEGO, 1750
By Herman Moll, Geographer
Circa 1750; Dimensions: 11½” x 14½”
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ROYAUMES
D’ESPAGNE ET DE PORTUGAL
ROYAUMES
D’ESPAGNE ET DE PORTUGAL, 1750
Par le Sr. Robert Geographe; Ordinaire du Roy
Avec Privilegé in 1750
Dimensions: 20¼” x 27”
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AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1750
Dressée, sur les Relations les plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs
et Divisée Suivant de Differentes Possessions des Européens par le SR
Robert De Vaugondy fils de MR Robert Géography Ordin. Du Roy Avec Privlege
1750; Dimensions: 20½” x 25½”
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JAMAICA
JAMAICA, 1750
Americae Septentrionalis; Ampla Issula
A Cristophoro Columbo Detecta
In Fuas Gubernationes Peraccuraté Distineta
Per Nicolaum Visser Amst. Bati; Circa 1750
Dimensions: 20¾” x 25”
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AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1750
By Sr Robert DeVaugondy in 1750
Dimensions: 23½” x 19¼”
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PARTIE SEPTENTRIONALE
PARTIE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1752
Cercle D’Autriche; Qui Comprend
et La Haute Partie Du Duché de Stirie
par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy
Geographe Ord. du Roi, avec Privilege in 1752
Dimensions: 20¼” x 27”
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CARTE DU GOLPHE DU MÉXIQUE
ET DES ISLES DE L’AMÉRIQUE
CARTE DU GOLPHE DU MÉXIQUE
ET DES ISLES DE L’AMÉRIQUE, 1754
By M. Bellin in 1754
Dimensions: 11” x 16”
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CARTE DES POSSESSIONS ANGLOISES FRAN ÇOISES
DU CONTINENT DE L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRÍONLE
CARTE DES POSSESSIONS ANGLOISES FRAN ÇOISES
DU CONTINENT DE L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRÍONLE, 1755
Se Vende á Londres Chez in 1755
Texas as Nouv Mexico, Cenís with Word “Taijas”
Trinity and Colorado Rivers
Dimensions: 17½” x 24½” with Color
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CARTE DE ITALIAE
CARTE DE ITALIAE, 1756
Dans LaQuelle Tracés; Les Routes Des Postes
Par Le Saint Robert
Geographe Ordinaíre Du Roy Avec Privlege
1756; Dimensions: 20½” x 27”
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CARTE DE LA
FLORIDE DE LA LOUISIANE
ET PAYS VOIFINS
CARTE DE LA
FLORIDE DE LA LOUISIANE
ET PAYS VOIFINS, 1757
Pour servir à L’Historie Générale des Voyages par M. B. Ing. De la Marine
1757 (By Bellin); Pais des Cenis
La Salle en 1685
No Cities in Texas except Natchitoches
Dimensions: 9¼” x 13”
Copper engraved, watermarked paper; Original hand color
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A NEW CHART (SEA CHART) OF THE
TRADING PART OF THE WEST INDIES
A NEW CHART (SEA CHART) OF THE
TRADING PART OF THE WEST INDIES, 1760
Sold by W. Mount & T. Page on Tonver-Hill-London
In Color; No date; Est. 1760
Dimensions: 24” x 38” (approximate)
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LUIGIANA INGLESE, COLA PARTA OCCIDENTALE
FLORIDA, DELLA GIORGIA E CAROLINA MERIDOALE
GOLFO DEL MESSICO
FIUME DEL MISSISIPI
FLORIDA, DELLA GIORGIA E CAROLINA MERIDOALE
GOLFO DEL MESSICO, 1769
Circa 1769; Dimensions: 15” x 20”
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A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF
EAST AND WEST FLORIDA
LOUSIANA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF
EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, 1770
Drawn from Best Authorities
Circa 1770; For the London Magazine
Dimensions: 7” x 9”
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AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS
AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS, 1770
Augsburg, ca. 1770
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NORTH AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA, Circa 1770-1777
Original copper engraved map
Colored by hand by T. Jeffries
Circa 1770-1777; Dimensions: 8⅝” x 7”
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LES PETITES ANTILLES OU LES ISLAES DU VENT
ECHELLE DE TRENTE LIEUES COMMUNES
PAR “BELLIN”
LES PETITES ANTILLES, 1771
Circa 1771; Dimensions: 6½” x 9”
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CARTE DU MEXIQUE ON DE LA NLLE ESPAGNE
CONTENANT AUSSI
CARTE DU MEXIQUE ON DE LA NLLE ESPAGNE, 1771
Le Nouveau Mexique La Californie avec une partie des pays adjacents
projecttee et assujettie au ciel par MR. Bonne M. de Mathem a Paris
Chex Latré Ruë St. Jacques; À La Ville de Bordeaux avec Privlege du Roi
1771; Showing all Texas Rivers, Les Cenis
Dimensions: 15” x 20”
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SEPTENTRION
CARTE DES PARTIES NORD ET OUEST DE L’AMERIQUE
DRESSÉE D’APRÈS LES RELATIONS LES PLUS AUTHENTIQUES
SEPTENTRION
CARTE DES PARTIES NORD ET OUEST DE L’AMERIQUE, 1764
Par M*** En 1764
Nouvelle Édition Réduite par M. de Vaugondy
En 1772; Dimensions: 13½” x 19”, Black and White
Way after D’Lisle’s famous La Louisanne Map showing accurate information about Texas, 1718.
“PAR DU MEXIQUE DU DE LA
NOUVEAU ESPAGNE…NOUVEAU MEXIQUE”
NOUVEAU MEXIQUE, 1774
Small rare map by Geo. Robert de Vaugondy
1774; Dimensions: 7” x 9”
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A COMPLETE MAP OF THE WEST INDIES
A COMPLETE MAP OF THE WEST INDIES
The Coasts of Florida, Louisiana, New Spain and Terra Firma with all the Islands by Samuel Dunn, Mathematician
London: Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
As the Act Directs; 10 January, 1774
Dimensions: 12” x 18”
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“THE WESTERN COST OF LOUISIANA
AND THE COAST ON NEW LEON”
“THE WESTERN COST OF LOUISIANA
AND THE COAST ON NEW LEON” (1775)
By Thomas Jefferys
Geographer to His Majesty King of England
With modern geodetic map
Same seal superimposed 1” above subject map to compare coast lines
Approximate Dimemsions: 27” x 34”
February 20, 1775
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“THE CONTINENT AND ISLANDS OF AMERICA
ARE DIVIDED AND POSSESSED AS FOLLOWS VIZ”
“THE CONTINENT AND ISLANDS OF AMERICA
ARE DIVIDED AND POSSESSED AS FOLLOWS VIZ” (1776)
Between the United States of America and Great Britain (our thirteen colonies)
Large Black and White Map from 1776
Dimensions: 26” x 54”
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CARTE GENÉRALE
CARTE GENÉRALE, 1776
Du Canada, de la Louisiane, de la Floride, de la Caroline, de la Nouvelle Angleterre, etc.
with the word “Tecas” where Texas is today. With New Orleans and Mobil, Alabama, Colorado River, Texas.
De la Virginie; Par Le Sr. D’Anville
A. Venise; Par P. Santini
1776; Dimensions: 21” x 29½”
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L’AMERICA DIVISA
NÉ SUOI PRINCIPALI STATI
DI NUOVA PROJEZIONE
VENEZIA (VENICE)
L’AMERICA DIVISA
NÉ SUOI PRINCIPALI STATI
DI NUOVA PROJEZIONE
VENEZIA (1776)
Preffo Antonio Zatta, 1776
Con Privilegio Dell Ecemo Senato
Dimensions: 15” x 20”
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MAP OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS
IN THE “WEST INDIES”
MAP OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS
IN THE “WEST INDIES” (1776)
By Thomas Kitchin
Hydrographer to His Majesty
Published by T. Cadell According to Act of Parliament
April 24, 1776; Dimeansions: 6½” x 10½”
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269 THOMAS JEFFERIES MAP OF
GULF COAST & FLORIDA
269 THOMAS JEFFERIES MAP OF
GULF COAST & FLORIDA, 1776
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MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN
IN WHICH THE MOTIONS OF CORTES MAY BE TRACED
FOR THE REV. DR. ROBERTSON’S HISTORY OF AMERICA
MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN, 1777
By ThoS. Kitchin SR.
Hydrographer to His Majesty, 1777
15” x 11¼”
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THE WEST INDIES AND GULF OF
MEXICO FROM LATEST DISCOVERIES AND
BEST OBSERVATIONS
THE WEST INDIES AND GULF OF MEXICO, 1778, 9” x 13¾”
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LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE
LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE, 1780
Avec La Partie Septentrionale De L’Ancien ou de la Nouvelle Espagne
Par Le Raynal Hague, 1780
10” x 15” Color
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THE WEST INDIES AND GULF OF MEXICO
THE WEST INDIES AND GULF OF MEXICO, 1781
Engraved by J. Cary
Published by Jas Macgowan and Wm Davis
February 24, 1781
9” x 13¾” Color
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L’ANCIEN ET LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE
L’ANCIEN ET LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE, 1781
Avec La Floride et al Basse Louisane
Partie Orientale
Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur – Hydrographe de la Marine
1781
11½” x 16”
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A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF THE AMERICAN ISLANDS
NOW CALLED “THE WEST INDIES”
WITH THE WHOLE COAST OF THE NEIGHBOURING CONTINENT
THE AMERICAN ISLANDS
NOW CALLED “THE WEST INDIES”, 1792
By Thos. Kitchin, Geogr. September, 1792
14” x 11”
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AN ACCURATE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA
WITH THE NEW DISCOVERIES BY RAMSAY
THE NEW DISCOVERIES BY RAMSAY, 1793
Printed in Edinbourgh, 1793
7¾”x 9½”
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JAMAICA
JAMAICA, 1794
From the Latest Surveys improved and engraved by Thomas Jefferys
Geographer to The King
Published by Laurie & Whittle No. 53 Fleet Street, London
As the Act Directs
12th of May, 1794
Also: Inset, The Harbours of Kingston & Port Royal and Bluefields
20½” x 28”
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KARTE VON AMERIKA
NACH D’ANVILLE UND POWNALL
KARTE VON AMERIKA
NACH D’ANVILLE UND POWNALL, 1795
Neu-Verzeichnet Herausgegeben von Franz Joh Jos Von Reilly
1795
29” x 31” Color (3 Inset Maps)
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FOUR VERY SIMILAR, NEW MAP OF,
A GENERAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA
FOUR VERY SIMILAR, NEW MAP OF,
A GENERAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA
Published in London
1797, 1798, 1799 and 1800
Showing all the New Discoveries from the Latest Authorities (Morse)
Showing all the New Discoveries, August 1, 1798-1799 from the Best Authorities (Guthrie)
Published London by C. Dilly Poultry
All: 9” x 7¼” in Black and White, Apparently from Same Plate (Printing)
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MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN
MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN, 1799
Cartographer Unknown to me
Circa 1799
“Texas” “Potosi”
17½” x 21½”
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SECRETARIA DEL ESTADO Y DE LA MARINA
CARTA ESFERICA QUE COMPREHENDE
LAS COSTAS DEL SEÑO MEXICANO
Carta Esferica was the first large-scale printed chart of the Texas coast based on actual soundings and explorations. It showed the mouths and lower courses of six of the seven major rivers of Texas and provided detailed soundings of all the coastal waterways. The continued significance of this map is perhaps best indicated by the fact that nearly twenty years after its publication, the first president of the Republic of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria, ordered an exact copy printed and distributed.
Madrid, Spain; 1799
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