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Description
Engraved map, 60 x 45, by N. Guerard, published, Paris, 1700, by G. L'Isle. Hereafter known as Delisle type No. 1. Numerous dotted lines show routes of different voyagers: Cortés, 1534; Gaetano, 1542; Mendaña, Drake, and Noort. The P. de Drak is shown in a little less than 38°. The map was re-issued by Pierre Mortier, 59 x 48, in about 1705; again by Peter Schenck, 58 x 44.5, in 1708; and again by T.C. Lotter, 58 x 45.3, about 1780,k with some of the names Latinized and the C. de Fortun, C. Arboledo, C. des Neiges, and C. de S. Martin omitted. On the 1705 (?) map he forgot to put the name Cedros on the island.
North America - Maps North America - Maps - Early works to 1800 Cartography Cartouche Map scales Maps Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 Villalobos, Ruy López de, 1500?-1544 Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595 Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 Noort, Olivier van, 1558 or 1559-1627 Voyages and travels - Early works to 1800
Place
North America Pacific Ocean
Source
Original map, 26.88 x 20 inches: Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases, folder w459a
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