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Maps -- North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Carte de la Californie et des Pays Nord-ouest, separés de l'Asie par le Détroit d'Anian, extraite de deux Cartes publiées au commencement du 17ᵉ siecle . . . , 1772

 Item
Identifier: MC 78-A
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This cartographic collection was the gift of the estate of the late Midland oilman, George T. Abell. Mr Abell was interested travel, geography, the geology of the petroleum industry, and the history of the Southwest and the maps reflect these as well as other subjects. The collection contains over a hundred maps which range in date from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Notably, the collection also contains a 1573 copy of Abraham Ortelius's Theatrvm orbis terrarvm, considered by some...
Dates: 1772

George T. Abell Map Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 165
Scope and Contents This cartographic collection was the gift of the estate of the late Midland oilman, George T. Abell. Mr Abell was interested travel, geography, the geology of the petroleum industry, and the history of the Southwest and the maps reflect these as well as other subjects. The collection contains over a hundred maps which range in date from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Notably, the collection also contains a 1573 copy of Abraham Ortelius's Theatrvm orbis terrarvm, considered by some...
Dates: 1550-1840