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De la Tartarie.

Description: Map shows late eighteenth century boundaries, regions, and cities of Russian Siberia and Tartarie, Grand Tartarie, Persia, and parts of China and India. Includes text in two panels flanking left and right of map. Scale not given.
Date: [1775..1795]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston.

Description: Map shows late-colonial Boston, Massachusetts street names, building locations, ferries, wharves, fortifications, and "the Common." "Charles Town in Ruins" is depicted in the upper part of the map. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given. Map comes from The Gentleman's Magazine, v. 45, Oct. 1775.
Date: 1775
Creator: Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Russian Discoveries : from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Description: Map shows coast of Russia, the Alaskan peninsula, and portions of the Arctic Circle; routes and stops taken by explorers Captains Bering and Tschirikow and others. Includes legend and "explanation of the Russian names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana.

Description: Map shows coastline from Cabo del Norte to St. Martins Keys with particular detail for the surroundings of New Orleans, Pensacola Bay, Mobile Bay, and St. Joseph's Bay; route of Spanish fleet from Vera Cruz to Havana. Includes notes. Relief shown by pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Russian Discoveries : from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Description: Map shows coast of Russia, the Alaskan peninsula, and portions of the Arctic Circle; routes and stops taken by explorers Captains Bering and Tschirikow and others. Includes legend and "explanation of the Russian names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A chart of the Straits of Magellan.

Description: Map shows the island and channel formation of the Straits of Magellan with landmarks and directional arrows; tip of Patagonia, the Straits of Magellan, and the Falkland Islands on inset. Includes notes and points of anchorage. Inset: "A chart of Magellania with Falkland Islands." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures; depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000] and [ca. 1:880,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Order by Captain TomĂ¡s SĂ¡nchez]

Description: Order by Captain TomĂ¡s SĂ¡nchez de la Barrera y Gallardo of Laredo, requiring all civilians report to the town and settle within the city. He notes a fine of 25 pesos for anyone who does not comply within three days.
Date: 1775-09~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Letter from Vicente GonzĂ¡lez de SantianĂ©s to Captain TomĂ¡s SĂ¡nchez, September, 24, 1775]

Description: Letter from Vicente GonzĂ¡lez de SantianĂ©s to Captain TomĂ¡s SĂ¡nchez de la Barrera y Gallardo saying he is sending Ildefonso de la Garza with a sergeant and 25 troops to defend the territory between Laredo and Las Iglesias. As this route is often used by Indians as a road for raids it is to be defended, and more gunpowder will be sent.
Date: 1775-09~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Court ensemble

Description: A) Men’s long coat of dark green velvet heavily silk embroidered in carnation(?) floral motif. High standup collar; flap pockets. Embroidered covered buttons. B) Breeches of matching dark green velvet. Bottom bands at hem have matching embroidery.
Date: 1775/1789
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

White shoe

Description: Woman’s shoe of white patterned silk with pleated ruffle on vamp and metal embroidery at toe. Pointed toe, silk binding hand stitched around opening, kitten/Louis heel with wooden(?) support, sole of leather undifferentiated for left/right foot.
Date: 1775/1799
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Purse

Description: Purse of multicolored Bargello needlepoint. The envelope-style purse is covered in silk embroidery in greens, blues, reds, pinks, black, etc., in the Florentine Bargello, edged in green wool. On one side, under flap, is rectangular section with monogram FH and date 1775 worked in embroidery. Opens to reveal 2 separate compartments, lined in green homespun wool. Silk embroidery is disintegrating to reveal canvas ground.
Date: 1775
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

La fausse magie

Description: This is a ca. [1775] printed copy of the libretto of "La fausse magie" (The false magic), a two-act comic opera by Jean François Marmontel, set to music by GrĂ©try. [The opera was staged for the first time at the ThĂ©Ă¢tre Français Ă  La Haye, on Thursday, November 30, 1775.] The final scene of act two contains the music of the couplets on pp. 47-48. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of M. Anseaume's comic opera, "Le tableau parlant."
Date: 1775
Creator: Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

An index map to the following sixteen sheets being a compleat chart of the West Indies : with letters in the margin to direct the placing the different sheets in their proper places.

Description: Map shows coastline for the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida peninsula, north and south coasts of Central America, northern portions of South America, the islands of the West Indies, the Bahamas, and the Caribees; islands, atolls, towns, banks, and rivers; navigational routes through the islands. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North America and the West Indies with the opposite coasts of Europe and Africa.

Description: Map shows major routes of exploration, eastern half of the North American continent, the West Indies, New Spain, and northern portion of South America; the British Isles and the western portions of Europe and Africa, islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area; areas of Native American habitation and major settlements. Includes tables, dates, notes, and small illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:17,000,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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