Descripcion de las Yndias Ocidentales
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, who was the official historian of Castile and the Indies compiled a history of the Spanish conquests and early explorations in the Americas, that included this simple, but elegantly engraved map of the Americas and the Pacific extending to the Spanish interests in the Philippines. Korea is shown as an island and is named here Cory, North America is truncated with a peninsular California and the Sierra Nevadas comprise the northern coast. South America is separated from the partial coastline of the unknown southern continent by the Strait of Magellan. The map is largely derived from the manuscript charts of Juan Lopez de Velasco. The lines of Spanish-Portuguese demarcation are shown, dividing the non-Christian world into spheres of influence. Being Spanish in origin, this map places the Philippines and Moluccas too far east, thus into the Spanish region.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
|---|---|
| Form | map |
| Extent | 1 map ; 23 x 32 cm. |
| Place | Spain |
| Place | [Madrid |
| Publisher | Nicolas Rodriquez Franco |
| Publication date | 1726; 1726] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | Spanish |
| Map data | Scale not given ; W 105°--W 0°/N 80°--S 80° |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625 |
|---|
Subjects
| Subject | America > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Latin America > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | West Indies > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | East Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Southeast Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Map |
| Genre | Early maps |
| Genre | Digital maps |
| Genre | Maps |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
|---|---|
| Note | "Entre las dos meridianos senala dos secontiene la navegacion y descubrimeinto que compete alos Castellanos." in cartouche. |
| Note | Includes a diagram of climatic zones in the lower left. |
| Note | Original map by Herrera y Tordesillas in 1601. |
| Note | Appears in Torquemada's Historia general Descripcion de las Indias Occidentalis. Madrid : Nicolas Rodriquez Franco, 1726. |
| Language | In Spanish. |
| Referenced by |
|
| Related item |
|
| OCLC | 735463213 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qs151yz7949 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
Collection
The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island
View other items in this collection in SearchWorksAlso listed in
Loading usage metrics...