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"Kitschy Cartography" exhibit at Tampa Bay History Center highlights gaudy tourist maps.

Whether it’s the Howard Frankland, Franklin, or Frankenstein, the Tampa Bay bridge has had many nicknames over the years. But, which is the right name?

FloridaBahamas-direccionhidrografia-1838-2 $4,000.00 Title Carta de los Canales de Bahama, Providencia y Santaren, Costas de la Florida e Isla de Cuba con los cayos y bajos, las islas y sondas adyacentes a esta...   1838 (undated)         1 : 150000 Description A strikingly engraved 1838 Spanish nautical chart of Florida and the Bahamas (Lucayas) published in Madrid by the Spanish Dirección Hidrografía. Coverage extends roughly from St. Augustine to Cuba, and from the Bay of St. Andres (Saint Andrew Bay) to Rum Cay and I. Conception. There is very little inland detail, but the ...

  1647 (undated)         1 : 3600000 Description A seminal production, this is a fine first-edition, first-state example of Sir Robert Dudley's 1645 - 47 maritime map of the Gulf of Mexico, the first printed nautical chart of that region. It is also the first to be printed using Mercator's Projection - thus making it the first to be practical for actual navigation. Likewise it is also the first to accurately indicate prevailing winds and ocean currents in the Gulf. Coverage extends from the Pacific Coast of Mexico to eastern Florida, and from Galveston Bay (Texas) to modern day Bel...