Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride dressez sur les meilleures observations & sur les memoires les plus nouveaux. Tom. VI. No. 27. Pag. 101. (to accompany) Atlas Historique . Tome VI. A Amsterdam, chez L'Honore & Chatelain Libraires. M DCC XIX (1719).
Engraved map of North America and the West Indies, from Newfoundland and the Great Lakes to northern South America, based on de L'Isle's map of the southern part of North America. Covers New Mexico, Louisiana, from Florida through present-day Texas and the Gulf Coast region. Shows politica...
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| Summary: | Engraved map of North America and the West Indies, from Newfoundland and the Great Lakes to northern South America, based on de L'Isle's map of the southern part of North America. Covers New Mexico, Louisiana, from Florida through present-day Texas and the Gulf Coast region. Shows political boundaries, Indian settlements, cities, towns, ports, rivers, and notes the discoveries along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River. Includes text. Relief shown pictorially. First edition of this Historical atlas of the world, with new introduction to history and chronology and updated maps, in 7 volumes, dated 1714-1720. By Henri Abraham Chatelain and descriptive text for volumes I-VI, by Nicolas Gueudeville. Include 308 maps, views and charts, some folded, some double page. Vol. 1-2, 4-5 and 7 have added illustrated title-pages. Vol. 2-3, nouvelle. edition, 1720; Vol. 2 called "Tome II, Premiere partie". Vol. 3 called "Tome II, seconde partie." Vol. 7 has title: Supplement a l’Atlas historique . avec des dissertations sur chaque sujet, par mr. H.P. Limiers . Tome VII & dernier. Volumes 1-6 covers: T. I. Grece, Romaine, Italie, France, Espagne, Provinces-Unies. T. II. Allemagne, Prusse, Hongrie, Boheme. T. III. Grande Bretagne, Irlande, Suisse, Savoye, Lorraine, Venise. T. IV. Dannemarck, Suede, Pologne, Moscovie, Turquie. T. V. Asie. T. VI. Afrique. Volumes are bound in brown leather covers with gold-embossed on spine and title "Atlas Historique Tom ." stamped in gold. "Henri Abraham Chatelain, whose "Atlas Historique" was one of the most expansive Dutch encyclopedias of the age. First published in 1705, Chatelain's Atlas Historique was part of an immense seven-volume encyclopedia. Although the main focus of the text was geography, the work also included a wealth of historical, political, and genealogical information. The text was compiled by Nicholas Gueudeville and Garillon with a supplement by H.P. de Limiers and the maps were engraved by Chatelain, primarily after maps by De L'Isle. The maps were accompanied by ... |
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