Cutter world maps: inventory of collection at SW Studies Center

Years this material was created: 1560-1814
Quantity: 77 maps
©2002 by Fort Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account (updated 2005)

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Cutter World Maps Collection C 003 Dates: 1560-1814 77 maps
	The above detail is from a map made in about 1790, showing locations of ethnic groups and communities. The title of this map is misleading, as the area shown includes much of the southwestern portion of the present United States.

This is a heterogeneous collection of old and very rare maps of various parts of the world donated by an estate in Santa Barbara, California. Numbers 1-38 (but no #24). #1 has 20 maps from an atlas; #3 has 22 separate maps. This inventory draws from cartographic analysis by John F. and Beatrice C. Reed, 1984, in the collection case file, which also contains an itemized listing in receipt for the legacy of Margarita P. (Margaret) Cutter, deceased, of Santa Barbara, California. Map #33 is the only solely Southwest U.S. map in collection. Smaller maps are in a flat box; larger items are in a map case drawer. Each of the maps has been inventoried and all but the bound set have been encapsulated.

Acquisition of this collection: The College’s ownership of this collection (accession 1970:02007) is documented by Fort Lewis College President Rexer Berndt's letter to Charles L. Youngman, Librarian, Durango Public Library, Feb. 6, 1970; also, by a memo from the Center’s director, Robert Delaney, to Youngman, Feb. 5, 1970, and court documents regarding the settlement of the Margarita P. Cutter estate in Santa Barbara County, California (5 pages, circa March 25, 1970).

About the organization of this collection: The Center has left the maps in the order in which they were described by President Reed.

Processing information: This guide was produced by Todd Ellison, Certified Archivist, Center of Southwest Studies; the text was last revised on July 10, 2003. Initial data entry was by Tom Schmidt and Melanie Ellison in July 2002.

Photo reproduction and digital access: The 12" x 16" color world map made in Venice in 1776 by Antonio Zatta was photographed in color by Marona Photography on September 11, 1997, for use in the full-color promotional brochure that was used during fundraising for the new Center of Southwest Studies building. Digitization was by Consultant Nik Kendziorski in July 2003, as part of the Center of Southwest Studies' Western Trails grant through the Colorado Digitization Program (as it was formerly known). Stitching of oversize maps (and staff training in such) was by volunteer Ed Lederman in the fall of 2003.

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Alphabetical list of map titles and accession numbers (with links to the item-level descriptions):

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A general map of North America, drawn from the best surveys of 1795 /map number 1970:02007.11

A map of the United States of America, as settled by the Peace of 1783 /map number 1970:02007.09

A new and accurate map of the world, "drawn according to ye truest descriptions, latest discoveries and best observations that have been made by English or strangers" /map number 1970:02007.26

A new map of North America showing all the new discoveries, 1797 /map number 1970:02007.05

A new map of the northwest coast of Asia and the northwest coast of America, with the late Russian discoveries /map number 1970:02007.04

Africa, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Africa] /map number 1970:02007.01R

America, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze di Parigi [map of the Western Hemisphere -- the Americas] /map number 1970:02007.01S

America, with those known parts in that unknown world, both people and manner of buildings /map number 1970:02007.12

Americae Nova descriptio [map of new America: North and South America and a bit of northeast Asia] /map number 1970:02007.15

Amerique septentrionale publiee sous les auspices de Monseigneurf le Duc D’Orleans [map of North America] /map number 1970:02007.37

An accurate map of North America drawn from the Sieur Robert with improvements /map number 1970:02007.08

Asia, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze [map of Asia] /map number 1970:02007.01Q

Barbaria, Egitto, Nigrizia, Guinea, Nubia, Abissina. Del Giografo Lamarche [map of Barbaria, et al. -- North Africa, south to the Equator] /map number 1970:02007.03L

Carta del Mar Pacifico del Nord [map of the North Pacific] /map number 1970:02007.14

Carta del Paese Degli Svizzeri, e Della Savoja, secondo I grandi dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Switzerland and Savoja] /map number 1970:02007.01F

Carta del Paesi Bassi [map of the Low Countries of northern Europe] /map number 1970:02007.03A

Carta delle regioni e luoghi di cuisiparla nel Nuovo Testamento [map of the New Testament Land / Palestine / Judea] /map number 1970:02007.03J

Carta geografica della Florida dell America settentrionale [map of Florida: the southeastern portion of the present day United States; but it includes much of the Southwest also] /map number 1970:02007.36

Cartadella Gran Bretagna, sopra li grandi dell Accademia di Parigi [map of the British Isles] /map number 1970:02007.01J

Carte des nouvelles descouvertes, au Nord de la Mer du Sud, tant a l’Est de la Siberie dt du Kamtchatka, qu’al Ouest de la Nouvelle France [map of new discoveries to the north of La Mer du Sud] /map number 1970:02007.35

Europa, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Academia Reale delle Scienze [map of Europe] /map number 1970:02007.01B

Francia, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze [map of France] /map number 1970:02007.01D

Grecia, antica e moderna [map of Greece, ancient and modern] /map number 1970:02007.01O

Imperio D'Allemagna, diviso in dieci circola, secondo le osservazioni dell Academia Reale delle Scienze e di altri autori antichi e moderni [map of Germany] /map number 1970:02007.01G

Italia, secondo i gradi dell Academia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Italy] /map number 1970:02007.01C

Judea, ex Nuovo Testamento descripta [map of Judea] /map number 1970:02007.01T

L’Amerique Meridionale [map of South America] /map number 1970:02007.34

L’Amerique septentrionale [map of North America and the northern tip of South America] /map number 1970:02007.32

La Francia divisa in dipartimenti [map of France with its Departments] /map number 1970:02007.03Q

La Grecia e parte della Servia Novamente delineata [map of Greece and part of Serbia] /map number 1970:02007.03S

La Spagna e Portogallo [map of Spain and Portugal] /map number 1970:02007.03G

La Turchia in Europa, sopra le osservazioni dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Turkey in Europe] /map number 1970:02007.01N

L'Africa divisa nei suoi principali stati [map of Africa] /map number 1970:02007.03T

L'Alemagna divisa ne'suci differenti stati [map of Germany] /map number 1970:02007.03K

L'America meridionale, divisa nei suoi principali stati [map of South America] /map number 1970:02007.03I

L'America settentrionale, divisa ne'suoi princpali stati [map of North America] /map number 1970:02007.03P

L'America settentrionale, nuouamente corretta, et accresciuta secondo le relationi pui moderne, da Guglielmo Sansone geografo an SM Chriftianis /map number 1970:02007.16

L'Asia con nuere osservazioni astronomiche [map of Asia ] /map number 1970:02007.03E

Le Corone del Nord Ossiano li Regni di Svezia, Norvegia e Danimarca [map of Scandinavia] /map number 1970:02007.03U

Le XVII. Provincie dei Paesi Bassi, secondo I grandi dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of the Low Countries of northern Europe] /map number 1970:02007.01E

L'Estrenadyra e ka Castiglia nuova di nuova projezione [map of Spain and outline of Portugal, on a new projection] /map number 1970:02007.28

Li due circoli dell alto e basso Reno, secondo le osservazioni dell Accademia delle Scienze [map of Reno] /map number 1970:02007.01H

Li Regni D'Inghilterra Scozia ed Irlanda [map of the British Isles] /map number 1970:02007.03R

Li Svizzeri e stati annessi di nuera projezione [map of Switzerland] /map number 1970:02007.03M

L'Impero della China con le Isole del Giapone [map of China] /map number 1970:02007.03N

L'Impero della China per uso della storia generale de Viaggi [map of China] /map number 1970:02007.31

L'Italia Meridionale che contiene, li Regni di Napoli Esicilia [map of Southern Italy and Sicily] /map number 1970:02007.03V

Mappa dell' America settentrionale [map of North America -- eastern portion] /map number 1970:02007.21

Mappe monde de nos connoissances nouvelle dediee au progres [map of the world] /map number 1970:02007.18

Mappe monde ou description du globe terrestre [map of the world] /map number 197002007.17

North America, drawn from the latest and best authorities /map number 1970:02007.22

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula [map of the world] /map number 1970:02007.13

Nuove Scoperte De'Russi al Nord del Mare del Sud si nell Asia, che nell America [map of the world north of the Tropic of Cancer] /map number 1970:02007.20

Nvoua carta dell Impero del Gran Mogul [a new map of the Empire of the Gran Mogol] /map number 1970:02007.19

Orbis Terrae compendiosa descriptio [map of the world] /map number 1970:02007.06

Parte occidentale del Regno Italico [map of the Kingdom of Italy (western)] /map number 1970:02007.03B

Parte orientale del Regno Italico, divisa in provincie, delineata sulle recenti osservazioni astronomiche [map of the Kingdom of Italy (eastern)] /map number 1970:02007.03C

Polonia, secondo le osservazioni ni dell Accademia di Parigi [map of Poland] /map number 1970:02007.01L

Sa Russia Europea divisa in governi [map of European Russia] /map number 1970:02007.03O

Spagna, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze [map of Spain] /map number 1970:02007.01I

Svezia Norvegie Danimarca, secondo I grandi dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Scandinavia] /map number 1970:02007.01K

Turchia d'Asia Esegiota sopra osservazioni astronomiche [map of Turkey in Asia] /map number 1970:02007.03F

Turchia nell Asia, antioca e moderna [map of Turkey in Asia -- ancient and modern] /map number 1970:02007.01P

[Untitled map of North and South America and surrounding oceans] /map number 1970:02007.30

[Untitled map showing the east coast of North and South America, et al.] /map number 1970:02007.02

Item-level description of the maps,
with links to the digital image (SW maps only)

Item Number: 1970:02007.01A Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 6) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01B Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Europa, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Academia Reale delle Scienze [map of Europe]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 7) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01C Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Italia, secondo i gradi dell Academia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Italy]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 9) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01D Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Francia, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze [map of France]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 38) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01E Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Le XVII. Provincie dei Paesi Bassi, secondo I grandi dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of the Low Countries of northern Europe]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 61) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01F Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Carta del Paese Degli Svizzeri, e Della Savoja, secondo I grandi dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Switzerland and Savoja]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 70) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01G Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Imperio D'Allemagna, diviso in dieci circola, secondo le osservazioni dell Academia Reale delle Scienze e di altri autori antichi e moderni [map of Germany]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 75) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01H Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Li due circoli dell alto e basso Reno, secondo le osservazioni dell Accademia delle Scienze [map of Reno]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 92) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01I Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Spagna, secondo le ultime osservazioni dell Accademia Reale delle Scienze [map of Spain]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 118) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01J Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Cartadella Gran Bretagna, sopra li grandi dell Accademia di Parigi [map of the British Isles]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 133) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01K Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Svezia Norvegie Danimarca, secondo I grandi dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi [map of Scandinavia]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 142) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01L Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Polonia, secondo le osservazioni ni dell Accademia di Parigi [map of Poland]

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 152) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01M Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 158) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01N Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: La Turchia in Europa, sopra le osservazioni dell Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 163) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01O Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Cartographer (corporate name): Academy of Sciences (Paris) Height (inches): 7.5 Width (inches): 10

This is one map (page 169) in a bound volume of twenty maps that are from a geography textbook that is missing its table of contents. The page numbering of the maps is not consecutive. The titles are in Italian, derived from an edition issued by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. Each map includes lines of latitude and longitude. Because the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris was established in 1666, it is estimated that this textbook was published in the late 17th century or the early 18th century.

Item Number: 1970:02007.01P Date of map: late 17th century or early 18th century

Title: Turchia nell Asia, antioca e moderna [map of Turkey in Asia -- ancient and modern]

Preface	Introduction/ Scope and contents	Administrative information	Alphabetical list of map titles
		Item-level description of the maps and links to digital images of the Southwest
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