Reproduction made in 1992 of the Universal Letter handwritten by Juan de la Cosa in 1500, on the occasion of the V Centenary of the Discovery of America, which is kept in the Naval Museum of Madrid (Sign. 257). Edition of 2,000 copies.
Reproduction made in 1992 of the Universal Letter handwritten by Juan de la Cosa in 1500, on the occasion of the V Centenary of the Discovery of America, which is kept in the Naval Museum of Madrid (Sign. 257). Edition of 2,000 copies.
Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Iudocus Hondius (author) and Petrus Kaerius (engraver), based on Mercator’s Atlas sive Cosmographicae Mediationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura (1595), where this map, which Mercator had not drawn, was added, in any case following his style in the aforementioned work. Published in Amsterdam, c. 1606.
Anonymous world map, probably made in the 18th century
Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Johann Baptist Homann from Jaillot’s geographical information. In the lower right-hand corner is the cartouche which is practically copied from Pierre Mortier’s “Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal” of 1705. Published in Nuremberg in 1720.
It is part of a petition and evidence of the cities of Guadalajara, Purificación, Zacatecas, mines of Tepeque (Bolaños), Etzatlán, Guachinango and Llanos de los Chichimecas (Lagos), on their behalf and on behalf of the conquerors and settlers of New Galicia presented before the oidor and visitador general Hernando Martínez de la Marcha on 10 January 1550 requesting the transfer of the seat of the diocese and the Audiencia from the city of Compostela to that of Guadalajara.
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