Pictorial, topographical, and political maps, dating from c.1500 to 1968, in the Rare Books and Manuscripts collection at the Benson Latin American Collection. The maps are arranged generally according to their geographical location, and are described in the card catalog in the Rare Books and Manuscripts reading room. This guide is only a partial listing. A link is provided for those maps that have been digitized for viewing via the Internet.
The Benson's early and rare maps are shelved numerically by map number. The map number consists of an "M" signifying "map," followed by a number based on the Dewey Decimal classification for geographical location, and a date or approximate date of the map. Map numbers are listed below under the "Box" heading.
Unrestricted.
The use of some fragile materials may be restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Many other maps in the Benson Latin American Collection are available in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room.
Map of Argentina, 1921, removed from
Colored, relief map of the area, showing the Gran Chaco region.
Colored plan of a typical presidio with a key showing the differenct quarters. Two notas by Nicolas de la Fora and Francisco Machado. Scale in varas.
Includes distances of cities in Spain, the European continent, and Mexico.
Flat plan of the area in a square block; scale in varas.
Distance chart of places in Mexico.
Picture, in color, of the house; floor plans of the house; key to rooms.
Handwritten chart of the charity of the years between 1774 and 1803.
Chart showing the population of the country. Mexican coat of arms.
Picture tree of the discovery of the Americas with each country depicted as a circle on the tree and a brief outline; imperial coat of arms; notas.
Photostat,
Colored picture and flat plan of the Main Temple. Construyó y dibujó A.M. Acevedo.
The legitimate descendants of this line are given from c. 1500.
Property of H.E. Bolton. Black and tan, flat map with places written on in pencil.
Brown and white relief; an inset shows the Gallipago Islands, Discovered & Described by Capt. Cowley in 1684. English and French leagues.
Negative photostat, flat, showing Mexico, Lower California, Central America, and Florida, and a portion of Cuba. M. Remondeau Litog.
Colored, relief map showing the political divisions of Mexico and a part of Guatemala. Scale of British miles and of Spanish leagues. [Photographic negative available]
Colored, relief map of Mexico showing the political divisions. Part of Central America is included. Scale of British miles.
Negative photostat, flat, political divisions of Mexico. Forida and Cuba, and Central America are also included. Scale of miles. Gravé par J.B. Tardieu. From the original in the Texas State Library.
Black and white with yellow boundaries and some pink, in relief. The map shows Mexico with its political divisions and a small part of Guatemala.
Engraved by Young & Delleker. H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia. Similar to, but more detailed than M 972 c.1823m.
Colored, relief map showing the political divisions of Mexico and of Central America. Scale of American miles.
Colored relief map showing the political divisions of Mexico and Central America. Gravé L'Auteur. The map is in French.
Negative photostat in relief from the Texas State Library. Includes insets of a table of distances, map of the roads &c. from Veracruz & Alvarado to Mexico, and statistical tables. Scale of miles. Printed in Pennsylvania.
Positive photostat, relief showing the political divisions of Mexico and Guatemala. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California are included. Scale of English miles and Spanish leagues. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, London.
Negative photostat, relief, showing all of Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Insets: Tabla de distancias, tabla estadisticia, y Carta de los caminos &c. desde Veracruz y Alvarado a Méjico. Coat of arms. Original from the Texas State Library.
A colored, relief map showing the political divisions of the area. Modern southwest United States is included. Gravé par Lallemand. Inset shows Central America. In French. Paris, 1829.
Colored, relief map of the area showing the political divisions. Modern Southwest United States is included. Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Central America are given. Scale of miles. An information sheet is attached.
Colored, relief map showing the political divisions of all of Mexico at the time. Insets include: Guatemala or Central America, and the Valley of Mexico. Explanation, scale of miles.
Colored, relief map showing the political divisions of all of Mexico at the time. Insets include: Guatemala or Central America, and the Valley of Mexico. Scale of miles.
Colored, relief map of all of Mexico showing the political divisions. Insets: Mapa de los Caminos &c. de Vera Cruz y Alvarado á Mejico; Tablas de las Distancias. Escala.
Guatemala or the United Provinces of Central America. Colored, relief map of Mexico and Central America showing the political divisions. Scale of American miles.
A colored, relief map of all of Mexico and of Central America showing the political divisions. The map seems to be quite inaccurate for its date. British miles, Spanish leagues. James Bingley, sculp.
Negative photostat in relief. Insets: Carta de los Caminos &c. desde Veracruz y Alvarado a Méjico; Tabla Estadistica; Tabla de Distancias. Scale of English miles. Coat of arms. New York, 1846. From the Library of Congress.
Colored, relief map showing the political divisions of the country. Insets: Carta de los Caminos &c. desde Veracruz y Alvarado a Méjico; Tabla Estadistica, de Distancias; Perfiles; Obispados; Ciudades de Veracruz, Tampico, Monterey; Battleground diagrams; coat of arms. New York, 1850.
Colored, relief map showing the political divisions of the area. Insets: Central America; Valley of Mexico. Scale of miles. Explanation. Philadelphia, 1850.
Colored, relief map of the area showing political divisions. Insets: Mapa de los Caminos &c. de Veracruz y Alvarado a Mejico; Tablas de las Distancias. Escala. Publicado por Rosa, Paris, 1851. Folder form.
Colored, relief map of the area showing the political divisions. Inset: Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Scale of miles.
Colored, relief map of the area showing the political divisions. Inset: Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Scale of miles.
Colored, relief map of the area showing the political divisions. Inset: Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Scale of miles.
Colored relief map of the United States, Mexico, and the West Indies. Insets: Central America, Atlantic Ocean, New York area, Lesser Antilles, Legend, scale in kilometers and Br. miles. Dressée par A. Vuillemin, Paris. The map is in French, mounted on heavy backing. The map is in French, mounted on heavy backing.
Colored, relief map of the area. Lower California is not shown. British miles, Mexican leagues, and German miles.
Colored, relief map of Mexico. Insets: Plan du Plateau de Mexico et des environs de la Veracruz; Explanation. Scale of Spanish leagues and kilometers. Litog. de Pepin-Malherbe; dresée d'après: Humboldt, Berghaus, Kiepert et Colton.
Colored, flat map of Mexico. Insets: Tarifa General; Esplicacion de los signos. Al Sr. Lic. Dn. Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Litog. de H. Iriarts. Coat of arms. Kilómetros. 2 copies; 1 fully colored with names of states.
Black and white relief map showing the towns the road passes through. Scale of miles. Lit. de Decaen.
Detailed relief map of the area in Coahuila from the original of S.M.L. Staples. One original and one photostat, negative.
Colored map of the region of Sonora in relief, with tables showing Los Partidos of San Francisco Xavier, San Francisco de Borja, and Santos Martyres.
Colored, flat picture map showing the city blocks. Explanation is included.
Black and white, relief.
Colored, flat map of the city, 2 coats of arms.
Colored, flat map with a detailed explanation by numbers of the different points of interest.
City street plan in brown ink on white with read and green colored in; a picture map; coat of arms of the city shown.
Inset: Explicación. Orange, black and white, relief. Dedicated to D. Rafael Durán.
Street plans of the city, flat, with drawings and the coat of arms. Table of places and explanation of the map.
Picture map of the section of the valley where the miracle of the Virgin of Guadlupe took place. Brown and white picture map, relief. Without legend.
Picture map of the section of the valley where the miracle of the Virgin of Guadalupe took place. Colored, relief, handmade.
Black and white, relief
Chart showing the position that lights are to be places along the streets in Mexico City.
A financial report of the Carmelites in Mexico City.
A colored, picutre map, semi-relief, showing public buildings, churches and convents, and city blocks.
Black and white, flat map of the city showing the city blocks. Two insets give information about streets, buildings, and convents.
The chart shows the number of boys, girls, men and women by Españoles, Indios, Mestizos, Castizos, Coyotes, Cambujos, Negros, Mulatos, Moriscos, Albinos, Chinos, Torna atras, Tente en el Aire, Lobos, Franceses.
A colored map of the port and fort. See also: G-M 972.61 P962
Black and white picture map in semi-relief showing the city, its fortifications, and San Juan de Ulca.
A colored, picture relief map of the area with an explanation of the letters used.
Colored, relief map of the area.
Colored, flat map showing the city blocks and buildings. An inset lists convents, monasteries, churches, public buildings, plazas and parks. Litog. de Salazar. Scale-varas.
Negative photostat showing only one half of the entire map. Flat. Original in the Texas State Library.
Black and white relief map of the entral portion of Mexico taken from
A colored, picture map on brown background, flat. Leguas del presente mapa; explanation of symbols.
Colored flat copy in 1873. Inset explaining the source and legend.
Colored, picture map in relief with a large amount of information about the area in Spanish in the margin and on the back of the map.
Colored, relief map of central Mexico. Nota; Explicación de las señales. Escala de leguas. Coat of arms.
Colored relief map of the area showing all the cities and missions of the Jesuits. Scale in Spanish miles.
Colored reilif map of Peru. Scale in German and French Miles.
from text: GZ 918.6 Or8a.
Black and white relief map of the northern half of South America illustrated with ships, animals, Indians, and an inset of Cusco. Nota in Latin and Scale of Spanish, Italian, and German miles.
Crude picture map of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil illustrating the rivers, mountain ranges, and missions of the area. Very inaccurate. Biblioteca del Archivo General de Indias en Sevilla. Colored.
Colored relief map of South America showing the political divisions. Scale in Italian, French, Spanish, German, and English miles.
Colored relief map of North America and the West Indies. Scale in French, Spanish, and English miles.
w. Jamaica. 2. West Indies. 3. Antego. 4. Christophers. 5. Barbados. 6. Bermuda. 7. Tobago. 8. St. Michaels or the Bridgetown. 9. Port Royall Harbour.
Insets: Isthmus of Panama; Delineatio munimenti et Portus S. Augustini; Delineatio Portus Mexicani Vera Cruz; Urbs capitalis Regni Mexicani dicta Mexico; Ichnographia urbis San Domingo. Explanation in French and in Latin.
Black and white relief map of the city and harbor of Havana, Cuba; Referencias. Scale of miles.