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Item
Number: 1970:02007.37
Date of
map: 1746
Title:
Amerique
septentrionale publiee sous les auspices de Monseigneurf le Duc D’Orleans
[map of North America]
Cartographer
(personal name): d'au Ville, Sr.
Height
(inches): 33
Width (inches):
34.5
This map, which was
prepared for an atlas compiled from the work of various authors, includes
North America and the northern tip of South America.
It shows the North American colonies by name, and includes a few
pertinent historical notes and notes regarding coasts and islands.
The map depicts locations of some Indians/ ethnic groups and
communities, and shows California and Greenland as peninsulas.
Canada is shown as a huge area on the eastern and northern portions of
the North American continent. The
central and northern portions of North America are unmapped.
Curved projection.
This
map forms part of the Cutter World Map Collection, collection C 003, at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis
College.
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Fort Lewis College
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