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[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
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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]
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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]
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Engraved views and descriptions daily life of the Canadian Native Americans. Including illustrations of beavers and their industry, canoes, dwellings, hunting, fishing, clothes and customs.
Author
[Chatelain Henri, 1684-1743, Gueudeville, Nicolas]
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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.
Author
Duval, Henri
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Map of North America with descriptions of historic events and famous personages. Hand tinted text to match regions. Relief shown by simple hachures.
Author
[Alison, Archibald, Sir, bart., 1792-1862, Johnston, Alexander Keith 1804-1871]
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Engraved map hand colored in outline. Inset: Enlarged map of the Niagara district. Shows political and administrative boundaries. In lower right margin: W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinr. Relief shown by hachures
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