LE VIEUX MEXIQUE OU NOUVELLE ESPAGNE auec les costes DE LA FLORIDE Faisant partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale

Description:

Issued in 1725 with map dated 1705 and with "124." (map top right) LC 532 and 546; BN FER IA, d(111), FER ID(124), FER V(14); Nordenskiöld Collection I, 72(112); Maritime 232 (96); UCB Par N. de Fer. Geogr. de Monseig le DAUPHIN. Southern tip of California shown and labelled "CAROLINE" and mainland, labelled "NOUVEAU MEXIQUE" is shown turning dramatically eastward at approximately the same latitude as the Mississippi River delta. Shows great distortions along the Gulf of Mexico coastline. Title and imprint cartouche (bottom left) with standing native figures to its right, and with smaller cartouche to its right giving the latitude and longitude of Panama, Acapulco, Mexico, and Mississippi River. Issued in his: L'Atlas curieus ou le monde réprésent´dans des cartes generales et particulieres ... , Tome Ier-- A Paris : Chez I.F. Benar [Bernard] Gendre de l’Auteur ... , 1725.

Creator:

Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps and Mexico--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

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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