Title

Florida and Apalache, ca. 1600

Map Number

fmc0307

Source

State Library of Florida, Florida Map Collection, HISTORIC ERA 16TH CENTURY 0013

Date

Between 1597 and 1610

Creator

Wytfliet, Corneille

Publisher

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1597 and 1610]

Physical Description

1 map ; 23 x 29 cm, on sheet 31 x 40 cm

Scale

Scale not given.

General Notes

Copper engraving. Relief shown pictorially. Shows southeastern United States and Gulf Coast. The map is drawn from Geronimo de Chaves' map, which was copied by Ortelius in 1584. Wytfliet expands the coverate to include more of the Gulf Coast, as well as extending the map north to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and south to Cuba. The inland details are derived from the reports of Hernando de Soto, during his explorations of 1539-1542, making it one of the few 16th Century maps of North America to include significant inland detail from first hand European Accounts--(cf. Burden). The Florida Peninsula is altered in shape from Ortelius, in that it is more rectangular and has a pronounced neck. The source of this delineation appears to be unknown. The Rio del Spirito Santo shown here is the Mississippi River. Water areas have the moire wavy pattern characteristic of Flemish maps of this time period.
Title in decorative corner cartouche at upper right.
Unable to determine edition of atlas. Only one known state was published with text on verso lacking.
"16"--Upper right corner.
No scale bar, scale derived from latitude lines. Geographic coordinates converted to Greenwich.
Appears in: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augumentum. Louvain : Jan Bogaerd (1597) and Gerardus Rivius (1598). Also in Histoire universelle des Indes orientales et occidentales. Douai : François Fabri. Editions from 1603-1610.--(Koeman-Krogt. 371:01-12).

Coverage

Florida's First Spanish Colonial Period (1513-1763)

Geographic Scope

Southeastern United States Maps

Format

Maps

Language

Subjects

Appalachian Region -- History -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Florida -- History -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Florida -- Maps
Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Southern States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800

Counties (1)

All/None