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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 de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Premier Geographe du Roy
Creator
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1703
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Kashnor notes, " Indicates the location of the Indian nations and the French forts, especially those taken from the Hudson's Bay Company. It locates the wintering place, on the Bay, of Jean Munck in 1619. This is one of the earliest issues of Delisle's map." See also 105:431, 105:432 for later versions. Cartouche with natives.. Prime meridian: Ferro?. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Chained Maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: McCorkle 703.5. Verso Text: MS notes: 432.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 map : col. ; 50 x 65 cm. on sheet 52 x 74 cm.
Identifier
105:433 M
182513
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1035
Language
French
French
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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