Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites
A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit, founded two years earlier, and one of the first to reference the Rocky Mountains (though not labeled). Also incorporates geography from La...
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ftwisconsinhs:oai:cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org:maps/15974 2023-05-15T16:29:30+02:00 Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites Dressée sur Plusieurs Observations et sur un Grand Nombre de Relations Imprimées ou Manuscrites; Par Guillaume del'Isle de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Premier Geographe du Roy L'Isle, Guillaume de Greenland; Canada; United States W 125°00'00"--W 40°00'00"/N 78°00'00"--N 37°47'00" Paris between 1703 and 1718 50 x 65 cm., on sheet 54 x 73 cm ca. 1:9,000,000 Reference Map JPEG2000 http://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/maps,15974 French fre Chez l'auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=123212 Maps Collection We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. 1703 ftwisconsinhs 2017-02-27T09:51:38Z A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit, founded two years earlier, and one of the first to reference the Rocky Mountains (though not labeled). Also incorporates geography from Lahontan, which included both accurate geographical features such as the Rocky Mountains and imaginary features Pays des Gnacsitares and the Riviere Morte. Typical for L'Isle, he remained skeptical of all information and included a note on the map above the mountains which briefly describes Lahontan's discoveries but ends with "Unless the Seigneur de Lahonton has invented all of these things, which is difficult to resolve, he being the only one who has penetrated this vast land." There are numerous small blocks of descriptive texts. The cartouche is ornately engraved, with images of explorers, monks, priests, animals, and topped with the French royal crest. Other/Unknown Material Greenland Wisconsin Historical Society: Turning Points in Wisconsin History Canada Detroit ENVELOPE(-60.000,-60.000,-64.167,-64.167) Greenland Guillaume ENVELOPE(70.150,70.150,-49.350,-49.350) |
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A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit, founded two years earlier, and one of the first to reference the Rocky Mountains (though not labeled). Also incorporates geography from Lahontan, which included both accurate geographical features such as the Rocky Mountains and imaginary features Pays des Gnacsitares and the Riviere Morte. Typical for L'Isle, he remained skeptical of all information and included a note on the map above the mountains which briefly describes Lahontan's discoveries but ends with "Unless the Seigneur de Lahonton has invented all of these things, which is difficult to resolve, he being the only one who has penetrated this vast land." There are numerous small blocks of descriptive texts. The cartouche is ornately engraved, with images of explorers, monks, priests, animals, and topped with the French royal crest. |
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L'Isle, Guillaume de |
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L'Isle, Guillaume de Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites |
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L'Isle, Guillaume de |
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L'Isle, Guillaume de |
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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites |
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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites |
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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites |
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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites |
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Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France: Et des Decouvertes qui y ont été Faites |
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carte du canada ou de la nouvelle france: et des decouvertes qui y ont été faites |
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Chez l'auteur sur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or |
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1703 |
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Greenland; Canada; United States W 125°00'00"--W 40°00'00"/N 78°00'00"--N 37°47'00" Paris |
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ENVELOPE(-60.000,-60.000,-64.167,-64.167) ENVELOPE(70.150,70.150,-49.350,-49.350) |
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Canada Detroit Greenland Guillaume |
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Canada Detroit Greenland Guillaume |
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We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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