Amerique Septentrionale: Divisée en ses Principales Parties, ou Sont Distingués les vns des Autres les Estats Suivant Qu'ils Appartiennent Presentem?t aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois
Amerique Septentrionale: Divisée en ses Principales Parties, ou Sont Distingués les vns des Autres les Estats Suivant Qu'ils Appartiennent Presentem?t aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois
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Amerique Septentrionale: Divisée en ses Principales Parties, ou Sont Distingués les vns des Autres les Estats Suivant Qu'ils Appartiennent Presentem?t aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois, Tirée des Relations de Toutes ces Nations par le. Sr. Sanson, Geographe Ordinaire du Roy, Dedié au Roy par Son tres Humble, Tre Obeissant, Tres Fidele Siget et Serviteur Hubert Laillot; Cordier, Sculps
Map Creator
Sanson, Nicolas
Date Original
1719
Description
Map of North America showing land divisions between France, Spain, England, Sweden, Denmark and Holland. The map is detailed, labeling cities, forts, island, rivers, lakes, mountains, regions, and Native American land. The map uses sinusoidal projection to simulate the curvature of the earth. The entire north western region is blank, devoid of any speculation. The title cartouche shows the crown and coat of arms of France at the top. Nude Native American women wearing feathered headdresses lounge on both sides of the crown, one holding a squirming child, the other a staff. Two parrots sit underneath the women. This version features a few manuscript notes, labeling cities along the east coast such as Boston and Charleston, and a larger manuscript annotation appears in the lower right margin.
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This copy is the fifth state of Jaillot Hubert's updated and re-engraved edition of Nicholas Sanson's landmark map of North America in 1650 of the same name. Earlier editions feature California as an island, and it was not until 1719 that Hubert attached California to the mainland.
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