AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE divisée en ses Principales Parties, ou sont distingués les vns des autres LES ESTATS suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentemẽt aux FRANÇOIS, CASTILLANS, ANGLOIS, SUEDOIS DANOIS, HOLLANDOIS Tirée des Relations de toutes ces Nations Par Ie Sr. SANSON, Geographe Ordinaire du Roy

Description:

LC 503; Wagner 432; see Tooley 37 (Plate 44) and 38; Leighly 87; BN Jaillot 1, Aa (5). Engraved by: Cordier sculps? (bottom left). California as an island with indented northern coastline and R. de Estiente at its far north. R. del Norte flows southwest to Mar Vermejo. Great Lakes are open-ended to west. Title cartouche with French crown and crest, with 2 seated natives (one holding infant), and 2 tropical birds (upper left). Multiple scales given within cartouche (upper right). Dedication: Dedie au Roy. Parson tres humble, tres obeissant, tres fidele sujet et seruiteur. First issued 1689. Reissued 1692, 1695, 1696. Dated 1719 within scale cartouche, with California unclear as to insularity, and lacking Terre de Ieso and Agubela de Gato to its west and north.

Creator:

Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 and Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

North America--Maps

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

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