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Title
Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des Decouvertes quiy ont été faites Dresée sur plusieurs Observations et sur un grand nombre de Relations imprimées ou manuscrites par Guillaume Del'Isle Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences
Creator
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, cartographer
Contributor
Mortier, Jean
Mortier, Corneille publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued
1708
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, "The map still shows the territory around the southern part of Hudson's Bay as French territory, with Fort Nelson called Fort Bourbon, and Fort St. Louis on Moose River. The supposed Western Sea is taken from particulars furnished by La Houton." See 105:433 for earlier version, 105:432 for later. McCorkle identifes this as 1708 version. Cartouche with natives. Photocopy stored with map.. Prime meridian: Ferro?. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: C (symbol) I H (lettering). Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 703.5. Verso Text: MS notes: Canada et Nouvelle France 105/431 Canada, ou la Nouvelle France. 3.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 map : hand col. ; 49 x 57 cm. on sheet 54 x 67 cm.
Identifier
105:431 M
46385
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1033
Language
French
French
Subject
Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period
[1703]
Place
North America
Canada
Hudson Bay
Québec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
United States
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arctic Region
Greenland
Davis Strait
Baffin Bay
W 110°
W 40°/ N 70°
N 40°
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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