Foundations of  Western European Cartography in Texas Collections

                                                                                                     A  Special  Collections Exhibition 

                                                                       Nautical Maps and Charts 

 

 

 

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

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

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

Archives

Medieval foundations
The influence of Ptolemy
City plans
The composite atlases
Uniformly-composed collections of maps, charts and plans
Military mapping
Regional European Mapping
Mapping the new world
Nautical maps and charts
List of Images

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