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Carte contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride: dressez sur les meilleures observations & sur les Mémoires les plus Nouveaux.

Description: Map shows political boundaries, areas of Native American hatibation, cities, towns, ports, rivers, and notable physical features for North America from the Great Lakes and New England in the north to the Sea of California, all of New Spain, the West Indies, and the northwest coast of South America; "Floride" encompassing the [modern-day] southeastern states and the majority of [modern-day] Texas and Oklahoma. Includes text "Remarque" and notes attributing European possession. Relief shown picto… more
Date: 1719
Creator: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte tres curieuse de la mer du sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles et tres utiles non seulement sur les ports et iles de cette mer: mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique tant Septentrionale que Meridionale, avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a ètè faite [Sheet 1].

Description: Map shows major settlements and coastal details for North and South America, western portions of Europe and Africa and eastern portions of Asia including New Guinea and a hint of "Nouvelle Hollande" [Australia]; sailing routes of explorers; street and structure details on insets. Includes portraits of explorers, illustrations of indigenous peoples, cultural practices, wildlife, flora, historical notes, and ecclesiastical plot ownerships in Havana and Veracruz. Insets: "Manege et Industrie des … more
Date: 1719
Creator: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte tres curieuse de la mer du sud, contenant des remarques nouvelles et tres utiles non seulement sur les ports et iles de cette mer: mais aussy sur les principaux pays de l'Amerique tant Septentrionale que Meridionale, avec les noms & la route des voyageurs par qui la decouverte en a ètè faite [Sheet 2].

Description: Map shows major settlements and coastal details for North and South America, western portions of Europe and Africa and eastern portions of Asia including New Guinea and a hint of "Nouvelle Hollande" [Australia]; sailing routes of explorers; street and structure details on insets. Includes portraits of explorers, illustrations of indigenous peoples, cultural practices, wildlife, flora, historical notes, and ecclesiastical plot ownerships in Havana and Veracruz. Insets: "Manege et Industrie des … more
Date: 1719
Creator: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new & correct map of the whole world : shewing ye situation of its principal parts. Viz the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade-winds, monsoons, variation of ye compass, climats, &c. With the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the North East & North West Passages.

Description: Map shows trade winds and monsoons with Australia as New Holland coast joined to N. Guinea and the east coast un-mapped; explorers routes in the North Atlantic, political boundaries, and ocean currents. Includes explanation, scale of English leagues, and text notes. Insets: "This chart is to shew ye degrees of the variation of ye compass as they were observed in ye year of 1700 in ye Atlantick and Indian Ocean" and "The North Pole." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:34,000,000].
Date: 1719
Creator: Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new & correct map of the whole world : shewing ye situation of its principal parts. Viz the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade-winds, monsoons, variation of ye compass, climats, &c. With the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the North East & North West Passages.

Description: Map shows trade winds and monsoons with Australia as New Holland coast joined to N. Guinea and the east coast un-mapped; explorers routes in the North Atlantic, political boundaries, and ocean currents. Includes explanation, scale of English leagues, and text notes. Insets: "This chart is to shew ye degrees of the variation of ye compass as they were observed in ye year of 1700 in ye Atlantick and Indian Ocean" and "The North Pole." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:34,000,000].
Date: 1719
Creator: Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A New and Accurate Chart of the West Indies with the Adjacent Coasts of North and South America

Description: This map shows the West Indies as well as the surrounding portions of Central America, southern North America, and northern South America. Several U.S. states and countries are outlined in color and labeled. Bodies of water and geographical features are also marked (with relief shown pictorially). There are several text notations around the map with contextual information about the areas and time period. Scale [ca. 1:12,750,000].
Date: 1720
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte d'Afrique, dressée pour l'usage du Roy.

Description: Map shows early eighteenth century political boundaries, internal state boundaries, major cities, and notable physical features; islands in the Indian and Atlantic oceans to the eastern coast of South America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:21,000,000].
Date: 1722
Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis insulis Americae : ut sunt insula S. Christophori, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados (ex insulis Antillicanis) nec non insulae Bermudes vel Sommers dictae : cum privil. sac. caes. majestatis = Die englische Colonie-Laender auf den Insuln von America.

Description: Map shows boundaries for parishes or political subdivisions, roads, cities, towns, plantations, coastal details, and notable physical features. Includes text and explanations of symbols used; key to land grants for Jamaica; translation of English terms into German. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depths shown by soundings and by shading. Scale not given.
Date: [1730..1750]
Creator: Homann Erben (Firm)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nova Designatio Insulæ Jamaicae ex Antillanis Americae Septentrion: non postremae Secundum Gubernationes fuas accuratas aeri incisa et publici juris facta.

Description: Map shows early eighteenth century Jamaican "precinct" or parish boundaries, harbors, pastures, churches, settlements, and notable physical features. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Scale not given.
Date: [1731..1751]
Creator: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

To the right honble. Sr. Charles Wager First Ld. Commissr. of the Admiralty, Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesties Fleet and one of His Majeses. most honble. privy council. This draugt. being part of ye Spanish & Musketor Shore & the Bay of Honduras : wth. ye Islands adjacent, is most humbly dedicated & presented

Description: Map shows coastline detail of the Bay of Honduras, points of anchorage, and the nearby coast of New Spain. Includes chart of locations with latitudes and longitudes. Relief shown by rock drawings. Scale not given.
Date: [1733..1748]
Creator: Penhallow, Samuel
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nova & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum index juxta observationes anno 1700.

Description: Map shows magnetic variations, trade routes, seasonal currents, coastal ports and settlements for six continents; continents of Australia and North America are incomplete. Includes text notes, illustrated title cartouche, and dates of discovery. Inset: "Asin que rien ne manquast à cette carte, nou arons ajoûté ce Cercle Polaire en partie pour montrer l'inclinaison de Meridien vers le Pole en partie pour évitar le trop grand rétrecissement de nôtre échelle." Scale not given.
Date: [1739..1750]
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte d'une partie de l'Amerique pour la navigation des isles et du Golfe du Mexique avec l'interieur des terres : depuis la Bermude jusqu'a Cayenne partie meridionale ...

Description: Map shows ports and settlements in "New Spain," the coast line of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the West Indies, and the northern coast of South America; currents. Includes text, "Observation de l'Editeur au sujet des mesures," a key to rivers, and additional notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1740
Creator: Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Susanna, a Sacred Oratorio

Description: This is the score of Handel's "Susanna," a sacred oratorio in three parts published by Samuel Arnold in ca. 1795. Grove Music established 1748 as the composition year of this oratorio and not 1743, as stated on the t.p. The first performance was given on February 10, 1749. The performance forces include: soloist (SATB), mixed chorus (SATB), strings (violins, viola, violoncellos, contra basses), woodwinds (oboe (2) and bassoon), trumpets (2), and continuo. . Although composed by Handel i… more
Date: 1748
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Figure de la ville de Jerusalem.

Description: Map shows buildings inside Jerusalem. According to its French inscription, this map purports to show how Jerusalem and its environs looked from the time of David, ca. 1010 B.C. until its destruction at the time of Roman Emperor Titus in 70 A.D. The map was intended to help illuminate the third chapter of the Bible book of Nehemia, and it possibly came from a seventeenth century French Huguenot or Swiss Protestant Bible. Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend. Text in French, building names a… more
Date: 1750?
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North America : Performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood [Sheet 1].

Description: Map shows mid-eighteenth century North American provinces, cities and towns, forts, Native American villages, and tribal territory. Shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia and in the Caribbean area are also shown. Includes historical and descriptive notes on native North American tribes and treaties. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000].
Date: 1752
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North America : performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood [Sheet 2].

Description: Map shows provinces, cities, towns, forts, Native American villages, tribal territory, shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of Nova Scotia. Includes text of historical and descriptive notes. Inset: [Map showing the Bays of Hudson and Bylot]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000].
Date: 1752
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North America : Performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood [Sheet 3].

Description: Map shows mid-eighteenth century North American provinces, cities and towns, forts, and tribal territory. Shoals, banks, and other navigational hazards off the coast of the Caribbean area are also shown. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000].
Date: 1752
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

North America : performed under the patronage of Louis Duke of Orleans, First Prince of the Blood [Sheet 4].

Description: Map shows provinces, cities, towns, forts, Native American villages, tribal territory, shoals, banks, and other details along the coast of Mexico. Includes text of historical and descriptive notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,000,000].
Date: 1752
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carte reduite des parties connues du globe terrestre : dressée au dépost des Cartes Plans et Journaux de la Marine.

Description: Map shows known extent of six continents; western portion of Nouvelle Hollande [Australia], only portions of northwestern coastline of North America, and southern portion of Greenland. Includes text: Avertissement, notes and dates of discovery. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not noted.
Date: 1755
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

L'Amérique septentrionale.

Description: Map shows major European settlements, colonies, and areas of Native American habitation in North and Central America and the West Indies; Mexico, New Mexico, French Louisiana, coastal Califronia; northwestern portion of continent as "Terre Inconnues"; Hudson and Baffin Bays, Greenland, and surroundings in inset. Inset: [Map of Terres Artiques]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:12,500,000].
Date: 1757
Creator: Cóvens et Mortier
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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