The journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions from Florida to the Pacific, 1528-1536
Date: 1922
Creator: Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez
Description: Also published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1905, in the series called The trail makers. 16558
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3001/
My Land, My heritage, My hope
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Description: This is an essay depicting historical landmarks, landscape, and people of Marfa.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
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Print of plows and harrows
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Sketches and explanations of plows, (reverse: sketches and explanations of harrows).
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30582/
The journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the city of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the buffalo plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska, as told by himself and his followers
Date: 1922
Creator: Winship, George Parker
Description: The translations included in the present volume are found, accompanied by an historical introduction and the Spanish text of Castañeda's narrative, in the editor's The Coronado expedition, 1540-1542 (U.S. Bureau of American enthology, 14th annual report, pt. I, Washington, 1896, p. 329-613) The narrative of Castañeda is from a Spanish ms. preserved in the New York Public library. Also published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1904, in the series called The trail makers. Introduction.--Itinerary of the Coronado expeditions, 1527-1547.--Translation of the narrative of Castañeda.--Translation of the letter from Mendoza to the king, April 17, 1540.--Translation of the letter from Coronado to Mendoza, August 3, 1540.--Translation of the Traslado de las nuevas.--Translation of the Relacion del suceso.--Translation of a letter from Coronado to the king, October 20, 1541.--Translation of the narrative of Jaramillo.--Translation of the report of Hernando de Alvarado.--Testimony concerning those who went on the expedition with Francisco Vasquez Coronado. 16565
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
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Mappa Fluxus et Refluxus rationes in Isthmo America: no inFreto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens.
Date: [1665]
Creator: Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Description: This map shows the western hemisphere including North and South America and the surrounding areas. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked pictorially. There are illustrations of ships in various places around the map.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50406/
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus.
Date: [1671]
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Description: This map shows Central America and the Caribbean as well as the surrounding areas. Some countries and bodies of water are labeled. There are several series of radiating lines throughout the map as well as illustrations of ships within the ocean and people around the outsides of the map.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50409/
La Floride
Date: unknown
Creator: Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Description: This map shows the southeastern portion of present-day United States, around the Gulf of Mexico. A large region is outlined in color and labeled 'Floride' (it encompasses portions of present-day Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida). Some cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:12,000.000].
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50306/
Map to Illustrate Early Voyages and Discoveries of North America
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Description: This map shows North and Central America and surrounding areas including portions of South America, Africa, and Europe. Notes and lines are used to show the path of exploration across the Atlantic Ocean and within North America including the names and dates of the explorers. Continents are shaded in color and some major cities and bodies of water are marked on the map. An inset in the lower left corner shows only the eastern portion of North and South America (including the Caribbean) and is titled "To Illustrate Colonies." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50349/
N. America
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809
Description: This map shows the continent of North America and surrounding areas. Portions of present day Canada are labeled "Parts Undiscovered" and only partially delineated. Some regions are marked including notations showing the locations of some Native American tribes. Rivers and mountains are marked (with relief shown pictorially). Prime meridian: London.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50302/
A pictorial history of Texas, from the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Embracing the periods of missions, colonization, the revolution the republic, and the state; also, a topographical description of the country ... together with its Indian tribes and their wars, and biographical sketches of hundreds of its leading historical characters. Also, a list of the countries, with historical and topical notes, and descriptions of the public institutions of the state.
Date: 1879
Creator: Thrall, Homer S.
Description: None
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/