Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American map collectionThe 203 items in the collection date from 1599 to 2013, with the majority from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many are rare, scarce or ephemeral. The oldest map, from Basel, 1559, is of the Western Hemisphere by Sebastian Munster. The next oldest is by the notable cartographer Abraham Ortelius, printed in 1579 for his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The map, entitled “Culiacana Provincia; Cuba, et Spagniola,” is also the earliest known map of western Mexico, with depictions of Cuba and other Caribbean islands. 21st century maps added to the collection include a 2012 map from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and a 2013 map from Cuba. Types of maps found in this collection include small atlases, thematic, topographic, street and political maps. Some are pictorial, archaeological or designed for tourists. Some of the maps were produced by the United States, Central Intelligence Agency, the American Automobile Association, and the National Geographic Society, as supplements to National Geographic magazine, and by Standard Oil Company and UNESCO. Many of the Latin American country and city maps were published by their national, state or provincial government agencies or by commercial publishers.