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Florida map (dated 1700 in Spanish), of the Pensacola area, labeled as the Bay of Santa Maria de Galve and Port of San Miguel de Panzacola with the contiguous coast and other bays, up to the river of Apalache. Along the left coast is Santa Rosa Island (Florida), labeled as Punta de Siguenza on Isla de Santa Rosa ("Rofa"); left of the island is "Barrancas" on Punta de Agusxo, south of "S. Miguel" (Panzacola) marked by a house symbol.

Captions on map:

  • Title: Descripcion de la Bahia de Santa Maria de Galve, y Puerto de Sn. Miguel de Panzacola con toda la Costa contigua y las demas Bahias que tiene en ella, hasta el Rio de Apalache, observada, y reconozida por los Ingenieros Dn. Jaime Lajonk, y Don Juan de Siscara. 1700 (translated, "Description of the Bay of Saint Mary of Galve, and Port of St. Michael of Panzacola with the total contiguous coast and the other Bays contained in her, up to the River of Apalache, observed, and reconoitered by the engineers Mr. Jaime Lajonk and Mr. John de Siscara"). The word "Panzacola" is also "Panza-cola" (meaning "belly-tail").
  • Legend of 17 units: Tronco de dies y siete leguas, castellanas, con que se mide este Mapa (translated, "Trunk of 17 leagues, Castillian, whereupon is measured this Map"): the word "dies" is treated as "diez" (meaning "ten").
  • Channel at right: Este Rio es navegable, para lanchas, y canoas, y tiene quatro vocas como se ve (translated, "This River is navigable, for boats, and canoes, and has four mouths as it is seen"): the word "quatro" is treated as "cuatro" (meaning "four").
  • General words: Bahia (is "Bay"), Rio (is "River"), Punta (is "Point"), and Sta. (is Santa, "Saint").

The top section of the map is enlarged as 1.5-mb file: Image:Florida-Panzacola-map-Bahia-de-Santa-Maria-de-Galve-1700-top-half-enlarged.gif, which shows the top 60% of the map, but in much greater detail.

Source URL (U.S. Library of Congress webpage): http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd393/g3932/g3932f/lh000870.sid&itemLink=r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3932f+lh000870))&title=Descripcion+de+la+Bahia+de+Santa+Maria+de+Galve,+y+Puerto+de+Sn.+Miguel+de+Panzacola+con+toda+la+costa+contigua+y+las+demas+bahias+que+tiene+en+ella,+hasta+el+Rio+de+Apalache+/+observada,+y+reconozida+por+los+ingenieros+Dn.+Jaime+Lajonk,+y+Don+Juan+de+Siscara&style=gmd&legend= (map was downloaded as zoomed sections of the map and combined).

The image is from a photograph of the map dated "1700" (on the full map), 306 years old, in the public domain.

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