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Nell Ward Lecture on Cartography
- Presented By: Tampa Bay History Center
- Dates: March 5, 2025
- Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- 801 Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602
Tampa Bay History Center

Few maps surpass the importance of the one created to accompany Hernán Cortés’s 1522 letter to Spain’s King Charles V. That map, published with the letter in 1524, is the first printed map to accurately depict the Gulf of Mexico and the first to show the name Florida. Learn about the map, its creator, and the story surrounding it at the annual Nell Ward Lecture on Cartography.