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Title: Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c
Creator: Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667, cartographer
Somer, I
Contributor: Mariette, Pierre, 1603-1657, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1656
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "This is the first issue of Sanson's Map of Canada and North America from Virginia to Hudson's Bay. It locates Nouvelle Amsterdam and Nouveau Pays Bas and New Sweden. It is a very rare map." "Ce qui est le plus advance vers le Septentrion est tiré de diverses Relations des Anglois, Danois, &c. Vers le Midy les Costes de Virginie, Nouvelle Suede, Nouveau Pays Bas, et Nouvelle Angleterre Sont tirées de celles des Anglois, Hollandois, &c. La Grande Riviere de Canada ou de St. Laurens, et tous les environs sont suivant les Relations des Francois. Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville Géographe ordinaire du Roy." "I. Somer Sculpsit" Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McCorkle 656.4. Verso Text: MS notes: 575 62.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 map ; outline col.ed ; 41 x 55 cm., sheet 43 x 57 cm.
Identifier: 105:575 M
182520
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1201
Language: French
French
Subject: Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1656
Place: North America
Canada
Hudson Bay
Ontario
Québec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
W 95°
W 50°/N 65°
N 35°
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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