COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
mediaCollectionId
TBHC~3~3
Touchton Map Library
Collection
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Accession Number:
L2011.070.062
accession_number
L2011.070.062
Accession Number
false
M Number:
M1264
m_number
M1264
M Number
false
Short Title:
Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam
short_title
Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam
Short Title
false
Full Title:
Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam Terrasque Adjacentes, ut et Anteriores Americae Insulas, Cursus Itidem et Reditus Navigantium Versus Flumen Missisipi et Alias Colonias
full_title
Mappa Geographica Regionem Mexicanam et Floridam Terrasque Adjacentes, ut et Anteriores Americae Insulas, Cursus Itidem et Reditus Navigantium Versus Flumen Missisipi et Alias Colonias
Full Title
false
Year:
1756
year
1756
Year
false
Author:
Tobias Conrad Lotter
author
Tobias Conrad Lotter
Author
false
Engraver or Printer:
Tobias Conrad Lotter
engraver_or_printer
Tobias Conrad Lotter
Engraver or Printer
false
Continent:
North America; South America (part)
continent
North America; South America (part)
Continent
false
Country:
United States; Mexico; Canada; Brazil
country
United States; Mexico; Canada; Brazil
Country
false
Geographic Area:
North American continent plus Central America and the northern part of South America. Also includes a portion of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea
geographic_area
North American continent plus Central America and the northern part of South America. Also includes a portion of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea
Geographic Area
false
Decorative Cartouche:
There is a colorful scene in the lower left part of the map depicting a sea battle as well as people looking at a chest full of treasure and mountains in the distance. The scene is very similar to the one on the 1703 Pierre Mortier map.
decorative_cartouche
There is a colorful scene in the lower left part of the map depicting a sea battle as well as people looking at a chest full of treasure and mountains in the distance. The scene is very similar to the one on the 1703 Pierre Mortier map.
Decorative Cartouche
false
Color Type:
Original color
color_type
Original color
Color Type
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Insets:
Four inset maps show the bays and harbors of Portabella (Portus Belli), Havana, Cartagena (Carthagena), and Vera Cruz.
insets
Four inset maps show the bays and harbors of Portabella (Portus Belli), Havana, Cartagena (Carthagena), and Vera Cruz.
Insets
false
Direction/Orientation :
North at the top
direction_orientation
North at the top
Direction/Orientation
false
Cited References:
Martin and Martin, page 93 (plate 18)
cited_references
Martin and Martin, page 93 (plate 18)
Cited References
false
Geographical Description:
Dealer description: This is Tobias Lotter's decorative and beautifully engraved version of Delisle's important map of 1703 (Carte du Mexique et de la Floride). It provides a view of North America from the Great Lakes through the West Indies. The British colonies are confined east of the Appalachian Mountains, France controls the Mississippi valley and Florida, and Spain possesses Mexico. New Mexico is finely described with many native tribes and pueblos noted, including Acoma, Santa Clara, Isleta, and more. Zuni sive Cibola, Teguaip Maior, and Quivira are all identified in New Mexico. While geographically nearly identical to Delisle's chart, this map is very ornate; the lower left corner is filled with a huge sea battle and the upper left contains a pretty scale of miles cartouche. In the Atlantic are four inset plans of important trade centers in the Americas: Panama, Havana, Cartagena, and Veracruz. Lotter originally engraved this map for his father-in-law, Matthias Seutter. In 1756 he then succeeded Seutter and replaced the imprint with his own.
geographical_description
Dealer description: This is Tobias Lotter's decorative and beautifully engraved version of Delisle's important map of 1703 (Carte du Mexique et de la Floride). It provides a view of North America from the Great Lakes through the West Indies. The British colonies are confined east of the Appalachian Mountains, France controls the Mississippi valley and Florida, and Spain possesses Mexico. New Mexico is finely described with many native tribes and pueblos noted, including Acoma, Santa Clara, Isleta, and more. Zuni sive Cibola, Teguaip Maior, and Quivira are all identified in New Mexico. While geographically nearly identical to Delisle's chart, this map is very ornate; the lower left corner is filled with a huge sea battle and the upper left contains a pretty scale of miles cartouche. In the Atlantic are four inset plans of important trade centers in the Americas: Panama, Havana, Cartagena, and Veracruz. Lotter originally engraved this map for his father-in-law, Matthias Seutter. In 1756 he then succeeded Seutter and replaced the imprint with his own.
Geographical Description
false