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CROSSROADS OF EMPIRE




First Impressions

 tabula  terre  nove

Tabula Terre Nove, 1513

 tabula   novarum  insularum

Tabula Novarum, 1550


Advances in Knowledge

nueva  hispania  tabula  nova

Nueva Hispania, 1561

americae  sive  novi  orbis  nova  descriptio

Americae Sive Novi Orbis, 1570


Map Making Enterprise

 amerigo  vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

 the  map  maker

The Map Maker

 the  woodcarver

The Woodcarver

16th century printers


16th-Century Printshop


Exploring the New Frontier

 cabeza de vaca

Cabeza de Vaca

 desoto

De Soto

 coronado


Coronado


Coronado Expedition

coronado expedition


Map by Don Perceval, 1962


The Spanish Southeast

florida et apalche

Florida et Apalche, 1597


The Island of California

america septentrionalis

America Septentrionalis, 1641

america settentrionale

America Settentrionale, 1688

 le nouveau mexique


Le Nouveau Mexique, 1656


Plagiarism in the Trade

mexique et la floride

Mexique et La Floride, 1703

 plagiarized maps

Plagiarized Copies, 1722, 1725


La Salle's Misadventure

la riviere de misisipi

La Riviere de Misisipi, 1701

details

Details


Landmark in Map Making

carte de la louisiane

Carte de La Louisiane, 1718


Louisiana Territory

map of mexico

A. Arrowsmith's Map, 1820

 mexico, louisiana, and missouri

Robinson's Map, 1819


Spanish Missions
in Texas


 mission san jose

Mission San Jose

 ruins of the alamo

Ruins of the Alamo


Two Famous Maps
of Texas


adjoining states

Stephen F. Austin's Map, 1830

 map of texas

John Arrowsmith's Map, 1841


The Treaty Map

 mapa de mejico

Disturnell's Map, 1847


Maps for Relocation

 karte des texas

Karte des Texas, 1851

Indian Territory, 1879

Indian Territory, 1879


A Decorative Map

Colton's Map

Colton's Map, 1854


A Railway Map of Texas

 railway map

Texas Pacific Railway, 1873


Western US

 national map
National Map, 1867