De Cust van Westindien van La Desconoscida tot C. Escondido

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Map of the coastline along the western part of the Gulf of Mexico, starting in the south (left) at a point labeled "La Desconoscida" and ending in the north (right) at "C[iudad] Escondido." Segments of the coastline are shaded in red, yellow, and green, with labels for river mouths, ports, islands, and other points along the coast.

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1 map : col. ; 40 x 50 cm.

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Roffeveen, Arent, -1679 1680.

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This map is part of the collection entitled: Texas History Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 585 times, with 4 in the last month. More information about this map can be viewed below.

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Description

Map of the coastline along the western part of the Gulf of Mexico, starting in the south (left) at a point labeled "La Desconoscida" and ending in the north (right) at "C[iudad] Escondido." Segments of the coastline are shaded in red, yellow, and green, with labels for river mouths, ports, islands, and other points along the coast.

Physical Description

1 map : col. ; 40 x 50 cm.

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Oriented with north to the right.

Scale: "Duytsche mijlen 15 in een graad. Spaensche mijlen 17 1/2 in een graad. Eng. en Fr. mijlen 20 in een graad."

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  • Het brandende veen / Arent Roggeveen. Amsterdam : Jacob Robyn, 1680.

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Texas History Collection

Drawn from collections at the UNT Libraries and various partners, these materials about Texas history include artifacts, books, documents, manuscripts, photographs, maps, letters, and more.

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Rare Book and Texana Collections

These materials include a 1633 map, America Noviter Delineata; H. K. Yoakum's History of Texas, and Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 by Randolph B. Marcy.

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  • 1680

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  • Feb. 9, 2018, 9:40 p.m.

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  • Feb. 12, 2018, 2:48 p.m.

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  • N:30.760404, E:-86.798583, S: 18.129843, W:-97.916748

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Roffeveen, Arent, -1679. De Cust van Westindien van La Desconoscida tot C. Escondido, map, 1680; Amsterdam, Netherlands. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1000000/: accessed December 10, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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