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Messico, ouvero Nuova-Spagna : che contiene il Nuovo Messico, la California con una parte de' paesi adjacenti.

Description: Map shows geography, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation in Mexico, Central America, and the Gulf of Mexico coastal region in late eighteenth century North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:13,200,000].
Date: 1785
Creator: Zatta, Antonio, fl. 1757-1797
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new map of the world : drawn & engraved from D'Anville's two sheet map with improvements for I. Harrison, No. 115 Newgate Street, as the Act directs, Dec. 1st, 1788.

Description: Map shows the geography and cities in six continents and newly discovered Pacific Ocean island groups. Includes routes and dates of exploration, and line of the Zodiac. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca.1:70,000,000].
Date: 1788
Creator: Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nieuwe en algemeene kaart van America.

Description: Map shows European possessions in the New World, major settlements, islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, coast of Portugal, Spain, and Africa. Uncharted northwestern portion of North America is marked "Niet Ontdekte" [not known]. Includes notes on discoveries and explorers with dates. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1783
Creator: Bachiene, Willem Albert, 1712-1783
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Le nouveau Méxique avec la partie septentrionale de l'ancien ou de la Nouvelle Espagne.

Description: Map shows the late eighteenth century geography, cities, and towns in New Spain [Mexico]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:10,500,000]. Map comes from "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre" [Atlas of all known parts of the globe] by Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal.
Date: 1780
Creator: Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nouveau Mexique, Louisiane, Canada, et les Etats Unis

Description: This map shows most of North America including present-day Canada, United States, and parts of Mexico. Various areas are outlined in color. Some cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown pictorially). There is a text annotation in the upper left corner of the map. Outside of the map, there are two columns of text that appear to have been pasted onto either side of the map.
Date: 1786
Creator: Brion de la Tour, Louis
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Official Notice from Eusebio Bentura Beleña]

Description: Printed notice issued by Eusebio Bentura Beleña advising citizens to file claims against the previous, deceased, Viceroy Matías de Gálvez. The back of the document has signatures from officials in the various villas acknowledging receipt of the official notice.
Date: July 9, 1785
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Orders from Santiago de Jesús Sánchez to Citizens]

Description: Orders from Santiago de Jesús Sánchez to citizens of Laredo saying that all capable children are to be sent to school to learn the Christian doctrine. According to the order children up to 12 years old who are not well versed in doctrine should go, and there are fines for disobedience.
Date: 1783-03~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Ordinances by Miguel Ponce Borrego]

Description: Ordinances by Miguel Ponce Borrego saying that no women servants are allowed at the river at night, nor a man after dark; no man should go to talk to women during the day; no dances without permission.
Date: 1788-09~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Ordinances from Miguel Ponce Borrego]

Description: List of ordinances from Miguel Ponce Borrego including a 9 pm. curfew, prohibition against games, no small arms, outsiders and merchants must register, citizens need permission to leave the village, butchering of animals is not allowed without permission, and Indians need passports to come and go.
Date: 1788-07~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Petition from Laredo Officials to the Governor]

Description: Petition from officials in Laredo to the Governor of Nueva Santander Melchor Vidal de Larca y Villena. According to the petition, the townspeople wish to continue rounding up cattle, as they have done since 1755, for their use. The governor responds by granting permission to do this, however branded cattle are to be returned to their owners.
Date: 1788-01~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Plano de la Rada de Fayal, una de las Yslas Azores : situada la hermita de Na. Sa. de la Guia en la Latitud N. 38°30'50" y Longitud 22°25'48" al O. de Cadiz Levantado por el Brigadier de la Real Armada, Dn. Vicente Tofiño de Sn. Miguel ; Bauza lo dibujó ; Bartme. Vazquez lo grabó, 1788.

Description: Map shows layout of harbors and towns, fortifications, coastline detail, and physical features. Includes notes. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:29,800] and [ca. 1:58,300].
Date: 1788
Creator: Torfino de San Miguel, Vincente, ca. 1732-1795
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Plano de las rias de Ferrol, Coruña y Betanzos [Espana]

Description: Map shows late eighteenth century navigational data for the confluency of the Ferrol, Coruña and Betanzos Rivers in Spain. Shore structures are noted. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1787
Creator: Torfino de San Miguel, Vincente, ca. 1732-1795
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Printed Decree from the Viceroy of New Spain]

Description: Decree from Viceroy Martín de Mayorga Ferrer, citing a royal decree of June 5, 1780 celebrating the birth of a son by giving amnesty to prisoners not guilty of major crimes. The document itself has two seals stamped on it, one in the top left corner and one in the bottom left corner.
Date: August 23, 1781
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
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