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MapPervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg
Florida | Guastecan reg | Gvastecan reg | Peruuiae auriferae regionis typus "Abraham Ortelius (1527-98) was a Flemish engraver and businessman who traveled widely to pursue his commercial interests. In 1560 he became interested in scientific geography during a voyage with Gerardus Mercator. Ortelius's major work, Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the world), was published in Antwerp in 1570, at the threshold of the golden age of Dutch cartography. Theatrum presented the world in its component...- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Hurtado De Mendoza, Diego - Chaves, Geronimo - Plantin, Christophe
- Date: 1584
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MapMaps of East and West Florida. Scale ca. 1:500,000. Cover title. Alternate title from Peter Force's catalog of printed maps: Florida and its vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "To the Marine Society of the city of New York ...; To the hon'ble, the planters in Jamaica ...; To all commanders of vessels round the globe ... " Drawn in 1774, but was not published until 1781,...
- Contributor: Romans, Bernard
- Date: 1781-01-01
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MapCarte générale du territoire d'Orléans comprenant aussi la Floride Occidentale et une portion du territoire du Mississipi Relief shown by form lines. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Map in 4 sections mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Copy 1 black-and-white annotated in red ink; copy 2 col. and copy 3 black-and-white without annotations.
- Contributor: Lafon, Barthélémy - Picquet, Charles
- Date: 1806-01-01