10/27/2026
Early map of Florida, getting ready to add to my inventory. This image shows a historical 1584 antique map titled “La Florida” drawn by Spanish royal cartographer Geronimo de Chiaves and published by Abraham Ortelius in his atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.The Spanish province of La Florida, which historically claimed a vast territory covering much of the modern-day southeastern and Gulf Coast United States (including parts of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas). .carolinaprinrs.com