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Title: Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale 1754
Creator: Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1755
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
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Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows the coast of California and the North-West to the supposed Strait of Anain." Kashnor states publication as Paris, dates as [1755] and attributes to [Jean Palariest]. See 093:167M for variant map. RLIN record identifies maker as Palairet, publication place as London, date as 1755. MS notes: Jean Palariat 1755. 13. (upper right). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles (naut.), leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis IV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS notes: 217 .
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map hand col. 48 x 57 cm., sheet 56 x 77 cm.
Identifier: 105:217 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10290
Language: French
French
Subject: North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1754
Place: North America North America
W 130°
W 20°/N 70°
N 5°
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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