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West Indies

Description: This map shows Central America and the surrounding Caribbean area. Cities are marked as well as bodies of water, and geographic features (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The West Indies and Coast Adjacent

Description: This map shows the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea including the West Indies and coastline surrounding the area. Various regions are outlined and shaded in color. Major cities and bodies of water are marked. There is a block of text in the lower left corner labeled "Contents" which appears to group regions and islands by the countries that colonized them.
Date: August 12, 1804
Creator: Wilkinson, Robert, d. ca. 1825
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

West Indies.

Description: Map shows Shows the Florida peninsula, the "Bahama or Lucaya Islands," lower Mexico adjacent to Panama, the northern coast of South America as "Columbia," the "Great Antilles," the "Little Antilles," Cuba, Jamaica, "Hispaniola or St. Domingo," "Porto Rico," and the "Caribbee Islands." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1820..1830]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Myrna to Sterling Houston - August 2001]

Description: Postcard from Myrna to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The postcard comes after Myrna traveled to various locations in Europe, including the Tate Modern in London, where this particular postcard was acquired. It shows a mixed media painting by the artist Chris Ofili of a woman in profile. The hand-written note also mentions that she is back in Puerto Rico.
Date: August 2001
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

The relative sized of the United States and possessions: all shown on the same scale and projection.

Description: Map shows the continental United States overlaid with territorial possessions of Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, U.S. Samoa, the Panama Canal Zone, Guam, and Puerto Rico, for a comparison of size and area; state lines, major cities, land elevations and ocean depths. Relief is shown by gradient tints and spot heights. Depths shown by bathymetric tints and spot heights. Scale [1:15,840,000].
Date: [1911..1931]
Creator: Geographical Publishing Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

San Juan Harbor Porto Rico.

Description: Map shows details of the harbor in late nineteenth century San Juan, Puerto Rico. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca.1:12,363].
Date: 1899
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Outline map of Puerto Rico.

Description: Map shows roads, trails, railways, settlements, and lighthouses with visibility radii and type of beacon. Scale [ca. 1:150,000].
Date: 1899
Creator: United States Adjutant-General's Office Military Information Division
Location: None
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Roosevelt Tower, at the University of Puerto Rico]

Description: Photograph of Roosevelt Tower, at the University of Puerto Rico. The clocktower sits atop an ornately decorated building that has two Puerto Rican flags flying on its roof. The buildings on either side of the clocktower are topped by tiled roofs and have overhangs over their windows.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Close-up of unidentified leaves, buds, and fruit, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico]

Description: Close-up photograph of the fruits, flower buds, and leaves of an unidentified plant growing in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The plant's more developed fruits are red, and green undeveloped fruits appear on the same branch below. Yellow-white buds are featured on the bottom right.
Date: 1969-06-20~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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