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[Manuscript Leaf from 15th Century, Germany]

Description: A manuscript leaf from 15th Century, Germany. The manuscript leaf is laid out with two (2) columns and scribed in late Gothic script. There are musical neums on 4-line staff (by the 16th-century the 5-line staff became more standardized) Breviary. The manuscript leaf was created on vellum parchment and used both red, blue, and black gall ink for the script. The leaf is labelled as page twenty-one (21).
Date: [1401..1500]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Map of Europe as queen]

Description: Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Typus orbis terrarum, ad imitationem universalis Gerhardi Mercatoris : cuius secundum tam veterum quàm recentiorum supputationem 5400 miliaria Germanica ambitus complectitur..

Description: Map shows geography and place names of the eastern and western hemispheres as known during the late sixteenth century. Includes notes, Cicero quotation, and portrait of Jesus. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1596..1624]
Creator: Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula.

Description: Map shows major cities and physical features for Europe, Asia, and Africa, with vague depiction beyond New Guinea for the Eastern Hemisphere; major settlements for South America, Central America, New Spain, and the eastern and southern portions of North America, and a vague depiction of the Pacific Coast, with California as an island, for the Western Hemisphere. Insets: "Julius Cæsar," "Claudius Ptolomeus Ale.," "Iudocus Hondius Flander," and "Gerardus Mercator Flander." Scale not given.
Date: 1641
Creator: Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis insulis Americae : ut sunt insula S. Christophori, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados (ex insulis Antillicanis) nec non insulae Bermudes vel Sommers dictae : cum privil. sac. caes. majestatis = Die englische Colonie-Laender auf den Insuln von America.

Description: Map shows boundaries for parishes or political subdivisions, roads, cities, towns, plantations, coastal details, and notable physical features. Includes text and explanations of symbols used; key to land grants for Jamaica; translation of English terms into German. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depths shown by soundings and by shading. Scale not given.
Date: [1730..1750]
Creator: Homann Erben (Firm)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

America.

Description: Map shows north and south continents of America, westernmost coasts of Africa and Europe. North America is shown with some east coast settlements and named coastal formations. The northwestern area of North America is unmapped and noted as "Terra Esonis Incognita" and "California" is depicted as an island. Includes key to abbreviations used on map in right hand panel and statistical data is provided in text [in German] in lower margin of the map. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1776..1796]
Creator: Probst, Johann Michael, d. 1809
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Manifiesto de Liorna.]

Description: Handwritten document in multiple languages which discusses biographical and political information from Agustín de Iturbide's notes.
Date: September 27, 1823
Creator: Iturbide, Agustin de
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Mexico.

Description: Map shows major early nineteenth century Mexican cities and towns, mines, roads, presidios, military posts, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes map key of Mexican states and notes; text, "Mexico," in left, right and lower panels with geographical, statistical, and historical information. Inset: [Map of northernmost states of Mexico]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1824
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Alabama.

Description: Map shows counties, Indian lands, common roads, military posts, towns, and notable physical features; manuscript annotations for the route traveled by Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; "West Florida." Includes descriptive text and statistics in panels flanking left and right sides of map. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1825
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Georgia.

Description: Map shows counties, settlements, military posts, areas of Indian habitation, roads, swamps, and [hand-drawn in black ink] the route taken by Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach). Includes text [in German] providing statistical data and description for Georgia in left, right, and lower panels. Scale not given.
Date: 1825
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Ohio.

Description: Map shows [handwritten in ink with notes] the route taken by Herzogs Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; counties, major cities and towns, military outposts, and Native American reserves. Includes descriptive text in left, right and lower panels: "Der Staat Ohio." Scale not given.
Date: 1825
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Illinois.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century Illinois counties, major roads, towns, military posts, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes information and marginal notes on the history of Illinois. Scale not given.
Date: 1826
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Indiana.

Description: Map shows counties, major roads, locations of Fort Dearborn, Fort Wayne, Fort Recovery, and Fort Defiance, and locations of Delaware, Kickapoo, and Shawnee, Mascouten, Piankashaw, and tribes of Native Americans. Includes information and marginal notes on the history of Indiana. Scale [ca. 1:1,725,000].
Date: 1826
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nord Carolina.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century North Carolina counties, cities and towns, swamps, roads. Route taken by Sr. H. des Herzogs Bernhard is indicated in brown/black ink. Includes text [in German] in panel below map providing statistical data on and description of Nordcarolina [North Carolina]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1826
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America.

Description: Map shows eastern states, western territories as "North-West Territ.," and divided by district accorrding to Native American tribe: Mandan, Osage, Ozark, Sioux, and Huron. Texas is shown separate from Mexico. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:12,500,000].
Date: [1827..1847]
Creator: Spehr, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1799-1833
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Amerika historisch, physisch und politisch vom jahr 1828.

Description: Map shows major settlements and political divisions for North and south America; explorers' routes. Includes statistical notes on map and panels of text in German: "Amerika in historischer, physischer und politscher Ansicht vom Jahre 1827." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1828
Creator: Velten, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Karte von dem Staate Missouri und dem Territorium Arkansas.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century counties, settlements, springs, mining activity and areas of Indian habitation in the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas. Inset: "Karte von dem Konigreiche Wurtemberg und dem Grossherzoothum Baden." Table and inset text in German; most map labels in English with a few translations into German. Includes table of statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,240,000].
Date: 1833
Creator: Schlicht, Rudolph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nord-America und West-Indien.

Description: Map shows independent Texas, Alaska as "Russische Küsten Niederlassungen," United States as "Vereinigte Staaten," Canada as "Hudsons Bay-Laender," and northern Mexico with "Freie Indianer." Includes key to border colors according to European possession: Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Danish, Swedish. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1836..1848]
Creator: Stieler, Adolf, 1775-1836
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Welt-Karte in zwey Halbkugeln.

Description: Map shows the major cities and political divisions in six continents. Includes some dates of discovery. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1839
Creator: Brué, Adrien Hubert, 1786-1832
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Die Auswanderer nach Texas. [Part 1]

Description: This German text is the first of a three-part historical novel about German emigration to Texas. Through the novel's fictional characters, the author portrays a romantic version of German emigration to the United States, particularly Texas. Set in the mid- to late-1830s, the novel discusses the history of Texas from Spanish rule up to its time as an independent republic.
Date: 1841
Creator: Belani, H. E. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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