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Title: L'Amerique : selon les nouvelles observations de Messrs. de l'Academie des Sciences, etc
Creator: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733, creator
Baptist, J., cartographer
Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731
Contributor: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1713
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, "The western coast terminates with California, which appears as an island. There are many interesting notes, and a curious engraving depicting a cannibal feast, the body of the victim being roasted piecemeal on a sort of gridiron. Like all Aa's maps, this is a brilliant example of cartographical engraving." Kashnor dates as [1714]. McLaughlin dates as 1713 and gives publication information. RLIN dates as 1714. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 184; Phillips 3485; Wheat 95; Tooley 71 (Plate 54); Leighly 124 and 140; Koeman I, Aa 6(42), Aa 9(v.63). Verso Text: MS note: 197.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; 47 x 66 cm., sheet 57 x 75 cm.
Identifier: 105:197 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3356
Language: French
French
Latin
Subject: America--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Maps
Time Period: [1713]
Place: World
Western Hemisphere
W 160°
W 0°/N 60°
S 60°
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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