Latin American History: Maps

The West and the newly reached Americas from the Carta del Cantino, 1502

Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Fondren library has collected facsimile editions of many early maps and atlases reflecting the European exploration of the Americas.  Here is a selected list.

Atlas Miller -- a richly illustrated Portuguese atlas, published in 1519.
Woodson Research Center G3200 1519 .A8 2006

Juan Vespucci Mapamundi -- Mapa portulano de Juan Vespucci, created in 1526.
Library Service Center - Restricted Use   G3200 1526 .V3 1999

Coastal charts of the Americas and west Africa from the School of Luís Teixeira, circa 1585.
Government Publications - Maps  G3200 .T459 1993

Maps of Magellan's Voyage -- Roteiro de todos os sinais, conhecimentos, fundos, baixos, alturas, e derrotas que há na costa do Brasil desde o cabo de Santo Agostinho até ao estreito de Fernão de Magalhães / leitura, introdução e notas de Melba Ferreira da Costa.
Stacks VK967 .R68 1988

The Waldseemüller Map, 1516 -- Die älteste karte mit dem namen Amerika aus dem jahre 1507 und die Carta marina aus dem jahre 1516 des M. Waldseemüller (Ilacomilus). Hrsg. mit Unterstützung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, von Prof. Jos. Fischer S.J., und Prof. Fr. r.v. Wieser.
Library Service Center - WRC E125.V6 W16

The Rotz Atlas (1542) -- The maps and text of the Boke of idrography presented by Jean Rotz to Henry VIII : now in the British Library / edited by Helen Wallis ; with a foreword by Viscount Eccles.
Library Service Center - Restricted Use G1025 .R689 1981

Carta del Cantino, 1502 -- Charta del navicare per le isole novamente trovate in la parte de l'India- : Carta del Cantino / Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali ; Biblioteca Estense Universitaria.
Woodson Research Center G3200 1502 .C3 2004&

Vallard atlas, 1547
Woodson Research Center G3200 1547 .V26 2008

Atlas de Fernão Vaz Dourado.
Woodson Research Center, G3200 1571 .D68 2012.