1650 - Amérique septentrional

This 1650 map of North America depicts the Great Lakes in a recognizable form naming both Lake Ontario and Lake Superior. The East Coast designation “N[ouvelle] Amsterdam is present day New York and “N[ovelle] Suede” is the Swedish colony, present day Delaware. The area delineated as “Mer Glaciale”...

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Format: Text
Language:French
Published: Digital Commons @ CSUMB 2017
Subjects:
Early California maps
Early American map
Early Southwest map
Arts and Humanities
Education
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Benavides
Northwest Passage
Northwest passage
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/hornbeck_spa_1_a/17
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=hornbeck_spa_1_a
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Summary:This 1650 map of North America depicts the Great Lakes in a recognizable form naming both Lake Ontario and Lake Superior. The East Coast designation “N[ouvelle] Amsterdam is present day New York and “N[ovelle] Suede” is the Swedish colony, present day Delaware. The area delineated as “Mer Glaciale” refers to the Northwest Passage. The source for the Southwest area are the 1630 reports of Father Alonso Benavides on his travels in New Mexico with many Native tribes describe. The R. del Norte (Rio Grande) is shown mistakenly as flowing from an interior lake and emptying into the Mar Vermeio (Gulf of California). California is shown as a large island. https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/hornbeck_spa_1_a/1016/thumbnail.jpg

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