MONTENEGRO
605. Plano del Golfo de Catarro [Montenegro].
[18th century]. Wash, pen-and-ink ms., 27 x 36 cm. Scale ca. 1:70,000.
(Maggs purchase map collection; 189). 90-683810.
This map of the Gulf of Kotor region shows coastline,
soundings, settlements, and an anchorage. Map is oriented with west
at top. Note in brown ink in upper left corner reads, "Del Ferrol".
This map is part of the G&M Division's collection from the Real
Escuela de Navegación, Cadiz, Spain purchased from Maggs Brothers,
London.
G6857 .K68 17-- .P5 Vault
Montenegro--Coast/Adriatic Sea
MOROCCO
606. Descripcion. Dela Costa de Salé que
compre ende desde Cavo Blanco....[Morocco]. Cierto, Andres.
1764. Colored pen-and-ink ms., 32 x 48 cm. Scale ca. 1:490,000. (Maggs
purchase map collection; 186). 90-683784.
This map depicting the coast of Morocco between Casablanca
and Salé includes coastline, coastal features, soundings, an
anchorage, characteristics of the water bottom, shoals, pictorial representation
of relief, and settlements; also includes a keyed legend. Map is oriented
with southeast at top. This map is part of the G&M Division's collection
from the Real Escuela de Navegación, Cadiz, Spain purchased from
Maggs Brothers, London.
G8232 .C6 1764 .C5 Vault
Morocco--Atlantic Coast
MOROCCO-ESSAOUIRA
607. [Mogador Island and vicinity, Morocco] [Essaouira,
Morocco]. Hockings, R. [18th century]. Colored pen-and-ink
ms., 35 x 52 cm. Scale not given.
This pictorial representation of Essaouira (Mogador)
includes the Moorish fortress, British and Moorish ships, encampments,
the island of Mogador, soundings, navigational hazards, characteristics
of the water bottom, coastline, coastal features, and relief. Map also
includes a keyed legend with references to the British attack on Moorish
ships.
G8234 .M6 17-- .H Vault
Morocco--Atlantic Coast/Essaouira, Morocco
608. Plan Of the Walls of the Citadel and Boundaries
of the Intended Town of Mogordor [Essaouira, Morocco]. Mercer,
W. 1763. Colored pen-and-ink ms., 37 1/2 x 43 cm. Scale ca. 1 inch to
200 palms.
This is a simple outline of the town and citadel of
Essaouira (Mogador).
G8234 .M6R4 1763 .M Vault
Morocco--Atlantic Coast/Essaouira, Morocco
609. [Plano y perfil del Puerto de Mogador] [Essaouira,
Morocco]. Cañas. 1767. Colored pen-and-ink ms., 41 x
52 cm. Scale ca. 1:6,500.
This clear Spanish map of the vicinity of Essaouira
(Mogador) includes coastline, coastal features, soundings, a stream,
a grid of the city, various fortifications, location of military barracks,
and pictorial representation of relief. Map also includes an inset profile
of the city, coast, and adjacent islands. Also includes a keyed legend.
Map is oriented with southeast at top.
G8232 .M6 1767 .P5 Vault
Morocco--Atlantic Coast/Essaouira, Morocco
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES-ARUBA
610. Plan Van De Paardenbai Van Aruba.
Gersen, G. 1838. Colored pen-and-ink ms., 47 x 48 cm. Scale ca. 1 inch
to .45 Nederlandsche Kabellengten.
This Dutch map of the harbor at Oranjestad, Aruba
includes coastline, coastal features, extensive soundings, navigational
hazards, characteristics of the water bottom, and selected buildings
in the town. Map includes keyed legend.
G5172 .P3 1838 .G Vault
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles/Netherlands Antilles
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES-CURAÇÃO
611. Eyland Curacao. 1800. Colored pen-and-ink
ms., 34 x 42 cm. Scale not given.
This panoramic view of Willemstad and harbor depicts
the capital of Curaçao as a busy port, whose harbor is choked
with ships from many nations. View includes a keyed legend to individual
buildings and ships.
G5184 .W 1800 Vault
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles/Netherlands Antilles
NICARAGUA
612. Chart Of Lake Nicaragua At Fort San Carlos
1888 [Nicaragua]. Menocal, A. G. and R. E. Peary. 1888. 1 map
on 6 sheets. Pencil, colored pen-and-ink ms., when joined 147 x 330
cm. Scale 1:10,000.
The primary purpose of this map was to provide extensive
soundings at the entry to Lake Nicaragua at the juncture of Río
San Juan and Río Frío. Map was prepared by engineers associated
with the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company.
G4852 .N5 1888 .N56 Vault
Nicaragua
613. Chart Of Lake Nicaragua At Fort San Carlos
[Nicaragua]. Menocal, A. G. and R. E. Peary. 1888. 1 map on
4 sheets. Pencil, colored pen-and-ink ms., when joined 145 1/2 x 153
1/2 cm. Scale 1:2,500.
The primary purpose of this map was to provide extensive
soundings and topography of the lake floor at the juncture of Lake Nicaragua
with the Río San Juan and Río Frío. Map was prepared
by engineers associated with the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company.
G4852 .N5 1888 .N55 Vault
Nicaragua
614. [Coast of Nicaragua from the Bay of Fonseca
to the Department of Managua boundary]. [Squier, Ephraim George].
[1853?]. Pencil, pen-and-ink ms., 28 x 39 cm. Scale ca. 1:696,960. (Squier;
25).
This is an outline map depicting the Pacific Coast
of Nicaragua from the Bay of Fonseca to the boundary of Managua Department
including Lake Managua. Map shows towns, Lake Managua, hachured relief
of selected elevations, and the volcanic chain of the Plain of León.
Ephraim Squier was a mid-19th century American entrepreneur, journalist,
diplomat, archeologist, and scholar active in Central America and Peru.
Squier Collection 25 Vault
Nicaragua
615. D[ra]ft Gallesteo's Section [Nicaragua].
[Squier, Ephraim George ]. [185-?]. Pen-and-ink ms., 27 x 62 cm. Scale
ca. 1:63,360. (Squier; 30).
This cross section map of Nicaragua provides selected
elevations from the Pacific Ocean to Lake Nicaragua. This map was based
on the work of Don Manuel Galisteo who was commissioned by the Spanish
Government in 1781 to survey the distance from the Pacific Ocean to
Lake Nicaragua in preparation for the digging of an interoceanic canal.
Squier used Galisteo's measurements as interpreted by Thompson in his
Narrative of an Official Visit to
Guatemala From Mexico (London, 1829), p. 512. Ephraim
Squier was a mid-19th century American entrepreneur, journalist, diplomat,
archeologist, and scholar active in Central America and Peru.
Squier Collection 30 Vault
Nicaragua
616. Harbour At The Mouth Of The River San Juan
De Nicaragua....[Nicaragua, Costa Rica]. Owen, Richard. 1834.
Colored pen-and-ink tracing, 66 1/2 x 87 cm. Scale not given.
This British chart of the mouth of the San Juan River
includes coastline, coastal features, extensive soundings, navigational
hazards, characteristics of the water bottom, anchorages, streams, river
currents, and a settlement. This copy was prepared from the original
in the British Admiralty in 1897 and is possibly related to boundary
questions between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The map contains a manuscript
certification of authenticity from the British Foreign Ministry and
seems to have been prepared for the government of Costa Rica.
G4852 .R4 1834 .O Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast/Costa Rica--Caribbean Coast
617. Map and Sections of the Channel of Tipitapa
[River] connecting Lakes Managua and Nicaragua. [Nicaragua].
[Squier, Ephraim George]. [1849?]. 1 map and 2 sections on 1 sheet.
Pencil pen-and-ink ms., on sheet 14 x 23 cm. Scale ca. 1:31,680. (Squier;
32).
Inset cross sections (2): "Table Showing the comparative
Heights of the Mountains of Central America." and "Volcanic Chain of
the Marabios, on the Plain of Leon.".
The map of the Tipitapa River from Lake Managua to
Lake Nicaragua includes the river bed, a settlement, a landing, an individual
land holder, a trail, and pictorial representation of vegetation. With
the map is a cross section of the depths of segments of the river. The
well-executed inset showing the comparative heights of mountains in
Central America provides graphic representation of peaks and volcanos
grouped by country throughout Central America. The other inset provides
a clear depiction of the heights of the volcanic chain along the Plain
of León extending from north to south. The map was reproduced
in Squier's Nicaragua (New York, 1852). Ephraim Squier was a
mid-19th century American entrepreneur, journalist, diplomat, archeologist,
and scholar active in Central America and Peru.
Squier Collection 32 Vault
Nicaragua
618. Map Of The River Of San Juan De Nicaragua.
[Squier, Ephraim George]. [ca. 1850]. Wash pen-and-ink ms., 26 x 73
cm. Scale ca. 1:190,080.
This map of the San Juan River from Lake Nicaragua
to the Caribbean coast includes streams, other bodies of water, hachured
relief of specific elevations, fortifications, and a settlement. Annotations
on the map indicate border controversies: "Machuca, the present pretended
Western limit of the so-called Britanico-Musquito Kingdom" and "The
pretended limits of the so-called Britanico-Musquito Kingdom in 1848".
Placement of notes indicates westward territorial designs by the British.
Printed version of map appeared in House Executive Document #75, 31st
Congress, 1st session, 1850.
G4852 .R4 1850 .M Vault
Nicaragua
619. Mapa de Republica de Nicaragua [portion].
Sonnernstern, Maximiliano de. 1863. Pencil pen-and-ink tracing, 48 x
31 cm. Scale ca. 1:558,835.
Inset maps (2): 1. [Port of Corinto] 2. [Entrance to Río
San Juan].
This map of Lakes Nicaragua and Managua was copied
by L.M. Haupt of Rivas, Nicaragua in 1898 from the 1863 Sonnernstern
map. The map shows coastlines, coastal features, cities and towns, pictorial
representation of selected relief, and a projected canal route from
Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific coast at Brito. Map is oriented with northwest
at top.
G4850 1863 .S Vault
Nicaragua
620. Plain of León, or section of Nicaragua
between Lake Managua and Gulf of Fonseca. Squier, E[phraim]
G[eorge]. [1849?] Colored pen-and-ink ms., 21 x 14 cm. Scale ca. 1:1,430,000.
(Squier; 31)
This map of the Plain of León, Nicaragua and
the Gulf of Fonseca includes hachured relief, the volcanic chain along
the Plain, lakes, rivers and streams, roads, cities and towns, international
boundaries, coastline, and coastal features. Map includes locations
of three proposed canal routes from Lake Managua to the Pacific Ocean.
This map was reproduced in Squier's Nicaragua (New York, 1852).
Ephraim Squier was a mid-19th century American entrepreneur, journalist,
diplomat, archeologist, and scholar active in Central America and Peru.
Squier Collection 31 Vault
Nicaragua/Honduras/Honduras/El Salvador/Central America--Pacific
Coast
621. Plano De Costa Ricae....[Nicaragua].
1746. Colored pen-and-ink ms., 31 x 46 cm. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. (Maggs
purchase map collection; 237). 90-683975.
This Spanish map of the southeastern portion of the
Caribbean coast of Nicaragua includes coastline, coastal features, soundings,
and navigational hazards. Map is oriented with west at top. This map
is part of the G&M Division's collection from the Real Escuela de
Navegación, Cadiz, Spain acquired from Maggs Brothers, London.
G4852 .C6 1746 .P5 Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast
622. Plano de Costa Rica....[Nicaragua].
Linares, Juan. 1755. Colored pen-and-ink ms., 34 x 48 cm. Scale ca.
1:965,000. (Maggs purchase map collection; 236). 90-683976.
This Spanish map of the southeastern coast of Nicaragua
along the Caribbean Sea includes coastline, coastal features, soundings,
navigational hazards, an elaborate cartouche, and the shield of the
Real Escuela de Navegación, Cadiz, Spain. Map is oriented with
west at top. Similar to Maggs 237. This 1755 map was copied by Linares
at the school from the 1746 original and is part of the G&M Division's
collection from that school purchased from Maggs Brothers, London.
G4852 .C6 1758 .L5 Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast
623. Plano De los terrenos Ejidales de Matagalpa
[Nicaragua]. Bell, A. 1900. Colored pen-and-ink tracing, 70
1/2 x 113 1/2 cm. Scale 1:20,000.
This map of the area around Matagalpa, Nicaragua includes
individual land holdings, streams, roads, trails, contoured relief,
a grid plan of Matagalpa, other settlements, and administrative boundaries.
A note on map in blue pencil reads "Emerson, 1912 Municipal lands of
Matagalpa, Nicaragua Sello's map 1900".
G4854 .M3 1900 .S Vault
Nicaragua
624. [Portion of Septentrional Department, Nicaragua
from Ocotal to Trinidad]. [Squier, Ephraim George ]. 1850.
Pencil, pen-and-ink ms., 32 x 21 cm. Scale ca. 1:326,304. (Squier; 24).
This map of a portion of Septentrional Department,
Nicaragua includes streams, towns, a trail, and distances between towns
(measure not given). A note reads, "Apuntes para el croquis de los poblados
de N[ueva] Seg[ovi]a--Nov[iembre] 20 de 1850". For Squier's account
of the Nueva Segovia region, see his Notes on Central
America, p. 353-361. Ephraim Squier was a mid-19th century American
entrepreneur, journalist, diplomat, archeologist, and scholar active
in Central America and Peru.
Squier Collection 24 Vault
Nicaragua
625. Puerto y Boca Del Rio De S[an] Juan de Nicaragua.
[ca. 1810]. Pen-and-ink tracing, 18 x26 cm. Scale ca. 1 inch to 2 1/2
cables.
This map of the mouth and bay of the Río San
Juan on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua includes coastline, coastal
features, soundings, navigational hazards, the mouth of the river, and
pictorial representation of vegetation. Map is oriented with east at
top. This map, from the collection of Major David Bates Douglass, is
an apparent tracing of an early 19th century Spanish printed map.
G4852 .R4 1838 .P Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast/Costa Rica--Caribbean Coast
626. [Vicinity of Lakes Managua and Nicaragua,
Nicaragua]. [Squier, Ephraim George ]. [1853?]. Pen-and-ink
ms., 25 x 35 cm. Scale ca. 1:937,728. (Squier Collection; 2).
This map of the area surrounding Lakes Managua and
Nicaragua includes cities and towns, departmental and municipal boundaries,
roads, streams and other bodies of water, hachured relief of selected
elevations, and the Pacific coastline. Map is oriented with south at
top. Ephraim Squier was a mid-19th century American entrepreneur, journalist,
diplomat, archeologist, and scholar active in Central America and Peru.
Squier Collection 2 Vault
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA-GREYTOWN
627. [Greytown and Harbor] [Nicaragua].
Varied. 1865, 1872, 1884, 1888, 1895 (2). 6 maps. Colored pen-and-ink
tracings, each 39 x 73 cm. Scales vary.
These maps are part of an incomplete numbered set
of maps depicting Greytown and harbor, Nicaragua and are separately
identified as follows: "XIV, P.C.F West 1865", "XV, Lieut. James M.
Miller, U.S.N. 1872", "XVI, Passmore and Climie 1884", "XVII, Ensign
W. J. Maxwell, U.S.N. 1888", "XVIII, Nicaragua Canal Board 1895", "XVIII,
Nicaragua Canal Board 1895" (variant data). Each map includes coastline,
coastal features, soundings, fathom markers, and Greytown. Maps numbered
XVIII also include proposed starting points for the Nicaragua Canal.
G4854 .S38 1895 .N Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast/Greytown, Nicaragua
628. Greytown Harbour [Nicaragua]. Scott,
John. 1856. Colored pen-and-ink tracing, 43 1/2 x 52 cm. Scale ca. 1:9,000.
This British map of Greytown and harbor, Nicaragua
includes coastline, coastal features, extensive soundings, navigational
hazards, and a grid of Greytown. Map was copied from the original in
the British Admiralty's Office by Alexander Gibson in 1897.
G4854 .G7 1856 .M Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast/Greytown, Nicaragua
629. Harbour Of San Juan Del Norte Greytown [Nicaragua].
Maxwell, W. J. and Nicaragua Canal Construction Company. 1888. 1 map
on 6 sheets. Colored pen-and-ink ms., when joined 132 x 239 cm. Scale
1:4,800.
This map of Greytown Harbor includes coastline, coastal
features, extensive soundings, topography of harbor and sea floors,
tide levels, navigational hazards, and a grid of Greytown. A note reads
"Greytown Lagoon and San Juan River are contoured every 2 feet".
G4854 .S38 1888 .N52 Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast/Greytown, Nicaragua
630. Map Of Greytown [Nicaragua]. [Nicaragua
Canal Construction Company]. [1888]. Colored pen-and-ink ms, 74 x 104
cm. Scale 1:4,800.
This detailed plan of Greytown shows lands privately
held, government lands, and lands leased from the government. Map also
includes a color coded key. Next to key for government lands a pencilled
annotation reads "(all sold except in Block xxxi)". Map was prepared
at the time of the construction of the Nicaragua Canal.
G4854 .S38 1888 .N5 Vault
Nicaragua--Caribbean Coast/Greytown, Nicaragua
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