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[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
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7 engraved maps on 1 sheet, Including: Carte de la Jamaique, with inset: Partie de la Mer de Sud. Ile des Barbades. Nouvelle Angreterre et Nouvel. York. Barmudes. Nouvelle Carte de la Caroline. Nouvelle carte de la Pensylvanie. Maryland, Virginie et Nouvelle Jarsey. Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale. Includes descriptive text. Relief shown pictorially.
Author
[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
Note
Engraved folded map of Canada and the Great Lakes. It depicts trading posts and missions in New France and the major towns of the adjacent British colonies are shown. Shows Louisiana and Mississippi valley areas. The area around Hudson's Bay is inhabited by native tribes referred to as the "Christinaux or Kilistinons," while Labrador is home to the "Eskimaux." Includes notes referring to the names of explorers and the dates in which they discovered certain places, such as the reference to 'Nouveau Danemarc', discovered by the Danish explorer, Jan Munk, in 1619. Includes hisptical text. Relief shown pictorially.
Author
[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
Note
Engraved map covers the area of South Hudson Bay and concentrates on the Great Lakes and the Course of the Mississippi, extending south to the Missouri River. The St. Laurent is shown running into the Great Lakes from present day Lake Winnipeg. Georgian Bay is named "Baye de Toronto. Map depicts French missions, forts, and French and Indian settlements, waterways and portages. Includes lists of the birds, fish, plants, and insects of Canada, and the list of Indian tribes of the different regions and various trade goods.
Author
[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
Note
Engraved folded map, depiction of the Mississippi Delta and Mobile Bay, based upon the 1699 voyage of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Shows New England and eastern Canada. Includes plan and views of Quebec in decorative cartouche. Map is filled with engraved wildlife, scenes of Indians hunting, Indian villages, numerous ships, canoes and sea monsters and notations.
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