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The Copies of the map itself is are held in the collections of the [[Wikipedia:George A. Smathers Libraries|George A. Smathers Libraries]] of the [[Wikipedia:University of Florida|University of Florida]] and in the ''Vicente Sebastián Pintado Papers'' at the [[Wikipedia:Library of Congress|Library of Congress]].
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The plan was drawn after a Spanish decree mandated the renaming of plazas and streets within the town, as well the establishment of a new church and government buildings. Pintado's plan received the approval of the city council on [[December 7]], [[1813]].<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/luso/usflorida.html The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps (Library of Congress)]</ref>
==Streets==
*[[Palafox Street]] (Calle de Palafox)
*[[Tarragona Street]] (Calle de Tarragona)
*[[Alcaniz Street]] (Calle de Alcaniz})
*[[Romana Street]] (Calle de Romana)
*[[Intendencia Street]] (Calle de la Intendencia)
*[[Government Street]] (Calle de Gobierno)
*[[Church Street]] (Calle de la Iglesia)
*[[Commendencia Street]] (Calle de la CommandanciaComandancia)
*[[Barracks Street]] (Calle de los Quarteles)
*[[Brue Street]] and [[Manressa Street]] are depicted at the top of the map as "Bru" and "Manresa"
Confusingly, what is now [[Seville Square]] is depicted as "Plaza de Fernando 7<sup>o</sup>" (Plaza of Ferdinand VII), while the [[Plaza Ferdinand VII|plaza to the west that currently bears that name]] is called "Plaza de la Constitución" (Constitution Plaza).
This is the result of a Spanish decree dated [[August 14]], [[1812]], which mandated that Plaza de Fernando 7<sup>o</sup> be renamed Plaza de la Constitución (in honor of the [[Wikipedia:Spanish Constitution of 1812|Spanish Constitution of 1812]]) and Plaza de Sevilla be renamed Plaza de Fernando 7<sup>o</sup>.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/luso/usflorida.html The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps (Library of Congress)]</ref>
==Legend==
