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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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Map[Portolan chart of the Pacific coast from Mexico to northern Chile]. Seems to be in Spanish. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink; black, brown, green, and red. Trimmed to a rough rectangle. Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. Imperfect: Some tears on edge and several holes. LC Nautical charts on vellum ; 10
- Date: 1500-01-01
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Map[Plan of Mexico City]
Mexico Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. In top margin: 308.- Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo
- Date: 1565-01-01
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MapVon den newen Inseln : der Statt Themistitan in den newen Inseln gelegen/figurierung. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink: "From an unidentified German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, 1597 or later. Bought from Salvation Army." Vault
- Contributor: Münster, Sebastian
- Date: 1597-01-01
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Map[The Oztoticpac lands map]. Aztec pictorial document showing litigation map of Oztoticpac, an estate in Texcoco, ca. 1540. Title derived from The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, "The Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco 1540," v. 23, no. 2, April 1966, pp. 76-116. Red and black ink. Worm holes. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 559 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
- Date: 1540-01-01
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Map[San Juan de Ulúa Watercolor on vellum. Upper corners damp marked, with very slight marking of the drawing. Mounted on cloth. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Eraso, Cristóbal De
- Date: 1570-01-01
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Map[San Juan de Ulúa Ground plan of a projected fortress.
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Eraso, Cristóbal De
- Date: 1570-01-01
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Map[The Codex Quetzalecatzin]
Alternate title from dealer's publication: Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec | Alternate title from dealer's publication: Codex Ehecatepec and Huitziltepec | Alternate title from dealer's publication: Charles Ratton Codex Shows genealogical information and land ownership for the Nahuatl "de Leon" family from 1480-1593. Map covers southern Puebla from the church of Todos Santos, Ecatepec (now suburb to the north east of modern-day Mexico City), and Lake Texcoco (now the National Reserve "El Caracol") to the church of Santa Cruz Huitziltepec, Pue at the lower right, with the lower portion of the map crossed...- Date: 1593