L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mes Honnold/Mudd Library Map Collection
Alternative Title
L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mes. De L'Academie Royale des Sciences… America Septentrionalis in Suas Praecipuas Partes Divisa, ad usum Serenissumu Burgundiae Ducis.
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Description
Shows the routes of several explorers including Cortez, Gaetan, Drake, Medana, and Olivier. Northwestern North America is left blank. Native American tribes are noted, as well as an interesting configuration of the Great Lakes.
Canada - Maps Cartography Cartouche Explorers Explorers - America Hydrography Maps North America - Description and travel North America - History North America - Maps North America - Maps - Early works to 1800 Northwest Passage Voyages and travels Voyages and travels - Early works to 1800 Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596 Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595 Indians of North America Native American tribes
Place
North America
Source
Original map, 62.5 x 52 cm: Honnold/Mudd Library map collection, folder 4:3, Maps-North America
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