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Title
Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Arctiques
Creator
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1714-07
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, "Shows California as a peninsula, and locates Port St. Francois and the coast to Cape Blanco. Delisle appears to be the earliest map maker to show California with a definite coastline." See also 105:231M. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: Delisle Hemisphere Septentrional.
Extent
1 map outline col. 46 x 45 cm., sheet 52 x 68 cm.
Identifier
105:230 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10282
Language
French
French
Subject
Northern Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period
1714
Place
World Northern Hemisphere
W 180°
E 180°/N 90°
N 0°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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