Map and chart of the Caribbean, the southern portion of North America, Mexico, the northern portion of South America. Includes inset maps and charts of Saint Augustine, Florida, and the Bahia Honda (Cuba), latitude and longitude lines, names of bodies of water and geographical locations, and directions of trade winds and currents. Key in lower left mentions color coding of colonial possessions.
UntitledBulk of the collection concerns the Apthorp family, especially William Lee Apthorp. Much genealogical information; documents, including two short diaries, deeds, letters, primarily with 19th century dates; an 1877 map of Florida, and items related to William Lee Apthorp's Civil War service (source of some of the diaries). Also included are 24 items relating to the Osgood family, and smaller amounts for the Weeks and Morse families. Other items: William H. Gleason's 1868 Proclamation (against Governor Harrison Reed); and a 1975 publication: The People of lawmaking in Florida, 1845/1975.
Apthorp, William Lee, 1837-1879Drawings, plans, text documenting history of the ship
[Nurenberg : Homann heirs], 1746. 1 map : engraving, col. ; sheet 55 x 62 cm., image 46.5 x 53.5 cm. Hand-colored copperplate engraving. V. 1, no. 136 from Atlas geographicvs major. ... Shows Western Hemisphere, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, southwestern Europe (Spain, Portugal, etc.), and eastern Pacific Ocean. Phillips atlases, 622. 1996-916-153
Oversized map of Africa
Highlights the various trade routes to Cuba, the Bahamas, the southern tip of Florida and contiguous islands. Shows the Spanish and English imperial line. Includes a large inset map of Havana.
Untitledpar M. Rizzi Zannoni. Paris : Zannoni, [1762?] 1 map ; sheet 38 x 50 cm., image 31 x 44.5 cm. Possibly from Phillips 633, but probably not. Rhumb lines and cartouche. Shows Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean area, Central America, and north coast of South America. 1996-916-104
[London?] : Kitchin, [ca. 1765] 1 map ; sheet 22 x 36 cm. 1996-916-3
2 negatives
Engraved for Portlock
Hand-colored. 1996-917-29
Shows Cape Verde Islands and eastward to the coasts of Africa and the western mouth of the Niger River. Includes the modern day nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
[s.l.] : Lotter, 1772. 1 map ; sheet 51 x 63.5 cm., image 45.5 x 58 cm. Hand colored, copperplate engraving. Shows South America and routes of eastern Pacific Ocean explorers. Cartouche shows Native Americans, parrot, elephant, etc. 1996-916-151
Photocopies of records in the County of Stafford, England.