PINEDA GULF COAST MAP — SOURCE AND REUSE

Image: Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Map of Gulf Coast.png
Map associated with Pineda’s 1519 expedition.
Original map: Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain.
Downloaded image: Wikimedia Commons, original PNG (814 x 630), unmodified.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alonso_Alvarez_de_Pineda_Map_of_Gulf_Coast.png
Rights checked: September 30, 2026.

The file page identifies the work as public domain and carries the Public Domain Mark 1.0. Its stated basis is an expired copyright term (author died more than 100 years ago). The image file is distinct from the Wikimedia website’s article-text license.

Suggested credit:
Map associated with Alonso Álvarez de Pineda’s 1519 expedition. Original: Archivo General de Indias, Seville. Image via Wikimedia Commons; public domain.

Historical context: Robert S. Weddle, “Álvarez de Pineda, Alonso,” Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/alvarez-de-pineda-alonso
This source describes the pilots’ map sketch from the 1519 voyage and its association with the surviving map in Seville.