HEMISPHERE SEPTENTRIONAL du GLOBE TERRESTRE Veu en Concave L’œil estant au Pole AntArctique, contenant L’EUROPE, L’ASIE, Ptie de L’AFRIQUE L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE Partie de L’AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE et les TERRES ARCTIQUES

Description:

Polar view of Northern Hemisphere. View is “concave”, so cartography is reversed from normal, although labelling is not. Issued in: Introduction a la geographie in plusieurs cartes avec leur explication. / Par Les Srs Sanson, Geographes ordinaires du Roy. -- A Paris : Dans le cloitre de St. Nicolas du Louvre, MDCCVII [1707]. 1 volume; [xvi], 139 : 24 maps (hand col.) ; 26 cm. Known to have been printed with both horizontal and vertical orientation on sheet. “fol.10” (top left of page). Six lines of text below map, in normal type, describe the map. California at map top is large island with rounded northern coastline. Mainland coastline is blank to its north, with no peninsula drawn. Six lines of text below title are in reverse type. Ashley Baynton-Williams. Par le Sr MOULLART-SANSON Geographe.

Creator:

Moulart-Sanson, Pierre, d. 1730

Publisher:

Aux Galleries Vis à Vis St. Nicolar avec P.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps and Northern Hemisphere--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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