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Title
Carte Générale des découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte
Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases
Creator
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date Created and/or Issued
1768
Publication Information
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description
By Delisle. 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.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
mam00041.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll14/id/49
Language
French
Subject
North America - Maps
Alaska - Discovery and exploration
Arctic Coast (Canada)
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Canada - Geography
Canada - Maps
Cartography
Continents
Hydrography
Maps
North America
North America - Maps - Early works to 1800
North Pole
Northern Hemisphere
Place
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Asia
North America
Canada
Greenland
Source
Original map, 46 x 38 cm: Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases, folder w637
Relation
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll14

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