Carte qui répresente les différentes connoissances que l'on a eues des terres Arctiques depuis 1650 jusqu'en 1747 ausquelles il faut comparer la Carte suivante. Par M. De Vaugondy 1773 Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Contributor
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806
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Description
Engraved map, 36.5 x 29 issued by Robert de Vaugondy to illustrate the current views of the geography of the northwest in the supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie. The set was also issued in a smaller form. Consists of four quadrants, each depicting various cartographers' interpretations and representation of the northeastern spaces between North America and Greenland: Sanson (1650), L'Isle (1700 and 1703), and Henry Ellis (1747). Depicts Hudson, Baffin, and Button Bay, the Davis Strait, the Coast of Labrador, and southern Greenland.
North America - Maps Canada - Geography Canada - Maps Cartography Continents Hydrography Maps North America North America - Maps - Early works to 1800 Arctic Coast (Canada)
Place
North America Canada Greenland
Source
Original map, 45.5 x 38 cm: Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases, folder w637.
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