Carte Particuliere de l'Amerique Septentrionale: Ou sont Compris le Destriot de Davids, le Destroit de Hudson, &c.: Dressé sur les Relations les plus Nouvelles
A sea chart of Hudson's Bay, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. This map shows rhumb lines extending from various points including two compass roses. Coastal features and a few towns and forts are labeled, but much of the land masses remain bare. Mortier shows the "Mer Glaciale" (Sea...
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| Language: | French |
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Pierre Mortier
1693
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| Online Access: | http://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/maps,16029 |
| Summary: | A sea chart of Hudson's Bay, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. This map shows rhumb lines extending from various points including two compass roses. Coastal features and a few towns and forts are labeled, but much of the land masses remain bare. Mortier shows the "Mer Glaciale" (Sea of Ice) at the bottom of Button's Bay as potentially connecting to the mythical channel "Detroit d'Anian," which was hoped to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
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