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Source Description
This attractively decorated map by the German publisher J.B. Homann was copied almost exactly from the Delisle 1703 map, but with no attribution. Compare the geographic outlines of the islands and continental landmasses -- they are the same! The map has merely been repackaged with a new title and Latinized text and place names. For example, the southeastern United States is labeled "Floridae" on the Delisle map, but here is designated as "Ludoviciana," the Latin term for Louisiana. In addition, there are two striking illustrations. One depicts Europeans admiring a treasure chest (the riches of the land), while the natives, identified with feathered headdresses, stand in the foreground observing the newcomers' greed! The other portrays a naval battle scene, possibly a lone British or French ship attacking the Spanish galleons. This interpretation is strongly suggested with the inclusion of the tracks of the Spanish fleets, which yearly sailed in mass to provide protection from the marauding British and French privateers.
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Document identity
localId
x633f9340
label
Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginae et Pensylvaniae necnon insularum archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f9340
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginae et Pensylvaniae necnon insularum archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali
description
This attractively decorated map by the German publisher J.B. Homann was copied almost exactly from the Delisle 1703 map, but with no attribution. Compare the geographic outlines of the islands and continental landmasses -- they are the same! The map has merely been repackaged with a new title and Latinized text and place names. For example, the southeastern United States is labeled "Floridae" on the Delisle map, but here is designated as "Ludoviciana," the Latin term for Louisiana. In addition, there are two striking illustrations. One depicts Europeans admiring a treasure chest (the riches of the land), while the natives, identified with feathered headdresses, stand in the foreground observing the newcomers' greed! The other portrays a naval battle scene, possibly a lone British or French ship attacking the Spanish galleons. This interpretation is strongly suggested with the inclusion of the tracks of the Spanish fleets, which yearly sailed in mass to provide protection from the marauding British and French privateers.
date
["[1759]"]
year
1759
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
05_04_000114
creators
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
New Spain--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New Spain, Viceroyalty of
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Noribergæ
publisher
[Homann Erben]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map : col. ; 56 x 64 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Hand colored.
Includes historical notes and illustrations.
Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633f9340
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
224880ed96c5996b