Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae necnon insularum archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali

Title:

Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae necnon insularum archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali

Creator:

Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724

Abstract:

Derived from De L'Isle's landmark 1703 map of Mexico and Florida, this decorative map incorporates information from French explorers like La Salle, Bienville, and d'Iberville. In addition to the Great Lakes, the mouth of the Mississippi, and villages in the lower Mississippi Valley and Texas, where the Spanish were erecting presidios and associated missions, the English settlements on the Atlantic coast are accurately portrayed for the first time. This map includes rich pictorial imagery of Spanish activity in the West Indies and New Mexico. It shows tracks of the Spanish galleons and routes to Havana, alluding to the annual trade fleets. Another image portrays a naval battle, possibly a lone British or French ship attacking the Spanish galleons. Europeans carry chests of precious metals—a metaphor for the riches of America—while the indigenous inhabitants, identified with feathered headdresses, observe European avarice.

Issued:

Between 1716 and 1737?

Subject:

New Spain--Maps--Early works to 1800 and North America--Maps--Early works to 1800

Rights:

A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial:

North America and New Spain

Coverage:

(W 110°--W 55°/N 45°--N 8°)

Attribution:

Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724, Homann Erben, and A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Description:

Date of object estimated by library to be between 1716 and 1737. and Held in the Colonial Mexican Collection at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives on the campus of Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas.

Exhibit Tags:

Early Maps and Print

Call Number:

G3300 .H6 1716

Contributor:

Homann Erben

Language:

lat