Texas State Archives Map Collection
Mappa Geographica complectena Indiae Occentalis... Carte des Isles de l'Amerique et deplusieurs Pays de Terre Ferme situes au devant de ces Isles autour du Golfe de Mexico
| Date: | 1740 |
| Publisher: | -- None Listed -- |
| Cartographer: |
d\'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguigon |
| Scale: | none given |
| Size: | 49 cm x 42 cm |
| Type of Map: | general |
| Format: | photostat, white on black |
| Language: | Latin & French |
| AC Number: | 01441 |
| Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
Mappa Geographica complectena Indiae Occentalis... Carte des Isles de l'Amerique et deplusieurs Pays de Terre Ferme situes au devant de ces Isles autour du Golfe de Mexico Image:
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Description:
Translation of title: (Complete Geographical Map of the West Indies... 1740. Map of the Islands [off] America...)
Covers the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline, extending from Carolina through the northern tip of South America, and the Caribbean Islands, including Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cuba, Santo Domingo, and the Antilles. Shows rivers, mountainous areas, provinces, towns, presidios, and Indian tribes. Insets: 1) Isthmus of Panama, 2) San Augustine, 3) Florida, 4) Santo Domingo, 5) Birdseye View of Mexico City, 6) Vera Cruz. The map contains numerous notes. This map is in Latin and French. Size of the original is 58 cm x 50 cm. Photostat.
Long. 320 - 275 deg.
Copied from the collection of Paul C. Ragsdale, Austin, Texas.
8/1/83
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