Foundations of  Western European Cartography in Texas Collections

                                                               List of Images 

Medieval foundations

1        T-O map from the Etymologiae of Isidorus, 1472   (Kraus 13)

2        Facsimile of a chart by Bartolomeo de Pareto, 1455  (UTA)

3        Portuguese chart of West Africa, c. 1520  (Kraus 22) 

The influence of Ptolemy

4       Map of the British Isles, from the Geography of Ptolemy, 1490  (Kraus 34)

5      World map from the Geography of Ptolemy,  1508  (Kraus 35)

6       Oronce Fine, World map, 1531   (TMS)

 City plans

7     Facsimile of an anonymous plan of Dover Harbour, England, 1532  (UTA)

8     Fabio Lucinio, Plan of Rome, 1557   (Kraus 14)

9     Marco Barateri, Plan of Milan,1638   (Kraus 1)

The composite atlases

10    World map from a Lafreri atlas, c. 1550  (UT)

 Uniformly-composed collections of maps, charts and plans

11   Map of Ptolemy’s known world, from Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595 (TMS)

12     Facsimile of a chart of the Portuguese coast, from Waghenaer, Spieghel der Zeevaert, 1584 (UTA)

13    Plan of Venice, from Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1595-1617 (Kraus 29)

Military mapping

14     Anon.,  Plan of Harlingen, drawn for Gaspar de Robles, 1572  (Kraus 36)

15     Anon., Plan of Cartagena, c. 1697   (Kraus 9)

Regional European mapping

16    Christopher Saxton, Facsimile of a map of the county of Suffolk, 1573  (UTA)

17    Paul Pfinzing, Local Nuremberg map, c. 1595  (Kraus 18)

18    Paul Pfinzing, Region of Nuremberg, c. 1595  (Kraus 19)

  Mapping the new world

19    Facsimile of a map of South America from Jean Rotz, “The boke of Ydrography,” c. 1541 (UTA)

20   Indian map of the area of Virginia   (Kraus 28)

21   Nicolas Denisot, Map of Peru, 1545  (Kraus 11)

22   Antonio de Herrera, Map of the Pacific Ocean, 1600  (UTA)

23   Herman Moll,  World map, c. 1700  (UTA)

24   Pascal Ponce, SJ, Manuscript map of Peru and Brazil, 1761 (Kraus 25)

25    Covens and Mortier, America,  c. 1770   (Kraus 10)

26    Thomas Jefferys, A new map of the Province of Quebec from his American Atlas,  1775 (TMS)

 Nautical maps and charts

27       Sir Robert Dudley, Map of the Gulf of Mexico, from his Arcano del Mare, 1646 (TMS)

28      Johannes van Keulen, Map of the East Indies from his Sea Atlas of 1681 (Kraus 32)

29   JFW Des Barres,  A chart of New York Harbour from his Atlantic Neptune, 1778 (TMS).

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