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Ames Maps

These maps were donated to SPU's library by Gary & Barbara Ames in 2016.

Map 1: America Septentrionalis

Full Title: "America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes n Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas"

Published: "Augustae Vindelicorum; Venalis prostat apud Tobiam Conr. Lotter [1772?]"

Date: Ca 1750

Cartographers: Georg Friedrich, Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777), Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726)

Location: Augsberg

Size: 22 1/2 x 18

Lotter, Georg Friedrich, Tobias Conrad Lotter, and Guillaume De L'Isle. America Septentrionalis, concinnata juxta observationes Dñn Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, et juxta annotationes recentissimas. [Augustae Vindelicorum; Venalis prostat apud Tobiam Conr. Lotter ?, 1772] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3300.ar012600/
(Accessed October 20, 2017.) 

Map 2: Americae

Full Title: "Recentissima Novi Orbis Sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis Tabula"

Date: 1680/1690

Cartographer: Justus Danckerts

Location: Amsterdam

Size: 22 1/2 x 19

Laddusaw, S., Brett, J.. Real Maps, Unreal Places: The Maps of Imaginary Places Collection at Cushing Memorial Library & Archives. Cartographic Perspectives, North America, 0, apr. 2017. http://www.cartographicperspectives.org/carto/index.php/journal/article/view/1394/1505. (Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 3: Karte von Luisiana

Date: 1744

Cartographer: Bellin

Location: Paris

Size: 21 1/2 x 15 1/2

Map 4: Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae

Full Title: "Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Floridae, Novae Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pennsylvaniae, nec non insvlarym archipelagi Mexicani in America septentionali"

Published: "Noribergae [Homann Erben, 1759]"

Date: 1720

Cartographers: Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724), Erben Homann (Firm)

Location: Nuremberg

Size: 22 1/2 x 18 3/4

Homann, Johann Baptist, and Homann Erben. Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginae et Pensylvaniae necnon insvlarvm archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentionali. [Noribergae Homann Erben, 1759] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/item/74693872/  (Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 5: Totius Americae

Full Title: "Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Mericionalis novissima repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium geographorum tabulis coll ecta luci publicae accommodavit"

Published: "Norimbergae: Johannes Baptista Homann, [1707?]"

Date: 1740

Cartographer: Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724)

Location: Nurembert

Size: 22 1/2 x 19 1/4

Homann, Johann Baptist. Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Mericionalis novissima repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium geographorum tabulis collecta luci publicae accommodavit. [Norimbergae: Johannes Baptista Homann, ?, 1707] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008627014/(Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 6: Americae

Full Title: "Americae Descriptio Nova"

Published: "[London]: Impensis Philippi Chetwind, 1666"

Date: 1666

Cartographers: William Trevethen, Philip Chetwind, Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1979)

Location: London

Size: 16 3/4 x 13

Trevethen, William, Philip Chetwind, and Lessing J Rosenwald. Americae Descriptio Nova. [Longdon: Impensis Philippi Chetwin, 1660] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/84695068/. (Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 7: Carta Geographica dell America Septentrionale

Date: 1750

Cartographer: Albrizzi

Location: Venice

Size: 16 7/8 x 13 3/4

Map 8: Le Vieux Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne

Date: 1705

Cartographer: N. de Fer

Location: Paris

Size: 12 5/8 x 9

Map 9: Pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico

Date: 1888

Cartographer: Bureau of Ethnology

Location: USA

Size: 11 7/8 x 9 1/4

Map 10: L'America divisa ne suoi Principali Stati

Date: 1773

Cartographer: Zatta

Location: Venice

Size: 15 7/8 x 12

Map 11: Territories of New Mexico & Utah

Date: 1860

Cartographer: J. H. Colton

Location: NY

Size: 15 3/4 x 13

Map 12: Messico o Nuova Spagna

Date: 1777

Cartographer: Kitchen

Location: London

Size: 14 x 11

Map 13: Carte Generale Des Decouvertes de L'Amiral de Fonte

Full Title: "Carte générale des découvertes de I'amiral De Fonte représentant réle grande probabilité d'un passage au nord ouest"

Published: "[Livourne, 1779]"

Date: 1768

Cartographers: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier (1723-1786), Thomas Jefferys (-1771)

Location: London

Size: 15 x 12

Robert De Vaugondy, Didier, and Thomas Jefferys. Carte générale des découvertes de I'amiral De Fonte représentant le grande probabilité d'un passage au nord ouest. [Livourne, 1768] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/item/74693996/. (Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 14: Neu Mexico Halt im Sich

Date: 1692

Cartographer: Muller

Location: Ulm

Size: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2

Map 15: Du Mexique

Date: Ca 1700

Cartographer: 

Location: Paris

Size: 21 5/8 x 12 1/4

Map 16: Spanish North America

Date: 1814

Cartographer: J. Thompson

Location: London

Size: 25 x 19 1/2

Map 17: L'Amerique

Date: Ca 1680

Cartographer: Macquart

Location: Paris

Size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2

Map 18: Americae Descriptio

Date: 1628

Cartographer: Jansson

Location: Amsterdam

Size: 7 3/4 x 5 5/8

Map 19: Americae sive Indiae Occidentalis Tabula Generalis

Date: Ca 1661

Cartographer: Cluver/De Laet

Location: Amsterdam

Size: 5 x 4 5/8

Map 20: T Gebiedt van Guadalajara

Date: 1665

Cartographer: Sanson

Location: Utrecht

Size: 9 x 7 3/4

Map 21: Mexico

Date: 1817

Cartographer: Arrowsmith

Location: London

Size: 9 1/2 x 8

Map 22: Carte de la Floride de la Louisiane

Full Title: "Carte de la Louisiane et pays voisins, pour servir a I'Histoire générale des voyages"

Published: "[Paris?] 1757"

Date: 1757

Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772)

Location: Paris

Size: 12 x 9

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Carte de la Louisiane et pays voisins, pour servir a I'Histoire générale des voyages. [Paris?, 1757] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,  https://www.loc.gov/item/73690498/. (Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 23: North America

Date: Ca 1700

Cartographer: 

Location: London

Size: 14 1/2 x 14 1/2

Map 24: Amerique Par P. DuVal

Date: Ca 1688

Cartographer: Pierre DuVal

Location: Paris

Size: 5 x 3 3/4

Map 25: Western Hemisphere

Date: Ca 1550

Cartographer: 

Location: 

Size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 

Map 26: Nouveau Mexique et Californie

Full Title: "Nouveau Mexique et Californie"

Date: 1683/1684

Cartographer: Alain Manesson Mallet

Location: Paris

Size: 4 x 5 5/8

McAlhany, Joe (Old World Auctions). "The Island of California." http://www.washmapsociety.org/000/0/9/8/22890/userfiles/file/The_Island_of_California.pdf(Accessed October 20, 2017.)

Map 27: Mappamondo

Date: Ca 1650

Cartographer:

Location: 

Size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 

Map 28: Amerique Septentrionale

Date: 1750

Cartographer: Vaugandy

Location: Paris

Size: 6 x 6

Map 29: Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova

Date: 1548

Cartographer: Gastaldi

Location: Venice

Size: 6 7/8 x 5 1/4

Map 30: Amerique Par P. DuVal

Date: Ca 1688

Cartographer: Pierre DuVal

Location: Paris

Size: 5 x 3 3/4

Map 31: North America

Date: Ca 1850

Cartographer: Thomas Starling

Location: USA

Size: 3 1/2 x 5 7/8

Map 32: Mexico or New Spain

Full Name: "Mexico, or, New Spain: divided into the audiance of Guadalayara, Mexico, and Guatimala, Florida"

Published: "Printed for Timothy Childe at the White Hart at the West-end of St. Paul's Church-yard"

Date: 1701/1709

Cartographer: Herman Moll (d. 1732)

Associated Names: Robert Falconer (fl. 1700), Jan Luyts (1655-1721)

Location: London

Size: 7 x 6 1/2

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mexico, or, New Spain : divided into the audiance of Guadalayara, Mexico, and Guatimala, Florida." New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f303-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. (Accessed October 20, 2017.)