I French Naval Operations in Spitsbergen Dur*g Louis XIV’s Reign
lished a detailed description of a highly unusual naval chart, undated but probably drawn around A.D. 1630. This valuable document, the property of a British collector, showed “without question, Spitsbergen, the name places be-ing partly in French while, in the middle of the chart, is a coat of u r...
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| Summary: | lished a detailed description of a highly unusual naval chart, undated but probably drawn around A.D. 1630. This valuable document, the property of a British collector, showed “without question, Spitsbergen, the name places be-ing partly in French while, in the middle of the chart, is a coat of u r n showing the fleurde-lys in the style of Louis XIII. The map is entitled LA FRANCE ARTIQUE (sic)! ” (Hamy, 1895:159). Port-Louis or Refuge frantpis, (today Rekved-bukta or Wreck Bay) and Port Saint-Pierre (Kobbefjord) are along the coast from the Baie aux Anglois (Kongsfjord) and the Baie des Holandois, (Smeerendburgfjord), and southwest of the archipelago, a separate triangular-shaped island, recog-nizable as Jan Mayen, is named Ysle de Richelieu. To try to establish the exact date or provenance of this chart is beyond the scope of this paper. Dr. Hamy and Charles de la Ronciere |
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