'T Amerikaans Gewest van Florida Door Ferdinand de Soto ...
Place image published:
Leide [Leiden]
Image publisher:
Pierre vander Aa
Image date:
[1731]
Image function:
fold-out map; vol. 1, before p. 1
Technique:
etching, engraving
Image dimension height:
16.1 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
22.8 cm. (neatline)
Page dimension height:
20.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
27.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Dutch, Latin
Description:
Map of southeastern North America from eastern Mexico to the Caribbean and as far north as Virginia. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, degrees of latitude and longitude, and names of geographical locations and bodies of water. Cartouche includes two native Americans with bows and arrows and feathered headdresses who confer with two European men, one of whom holds a pike. Behind these figures, native Americans carry burdens and are overseen by a European man.
Source creator:
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536
Source Title:
[Florida del Ynca. French] Historie de la conquete de la Floride ...
Source place of publication:
A Leide [Leiden]
Source publisher:
Chez Pierre Vander Aa
Source date:
MDCC XXXI. [1731]
notes:
The area depicted illustrates the territory traveled by Hernando de Soto and his forces. Native Americans were used to carry de Soto's supplies.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples; Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands; North America
Subject headings:
Florida--Maps; Indians of North America; Southern states--Maps
