Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, limites et etablissements françois et anglois

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Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, limites et etablissements françois et anglois
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Title:
Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, limites et etablissements françois et anglois
Description:
Displayed here is the first French edition, first impression of Dr. John Mitchell's landmark map of North America. Available to a French audience during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), this map provided the most accurate depiction of interior North America available at the time. The map played an important role in treaty negotiations with foreign powers and Native Americans, and was referenced until after the Revolutionary War
Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711-1768
Contributor:
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
Name on Item:
par le docteur Mitchel. Traduit de l'Anglois à Paris par Le Rouge, ingr. géographe du roy.
Date:
1756
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
British--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North America (area)
Extent:
1 map on 8 sheets : hand col. ; 136 x 195 cm, sheets 76 x 55 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Edition:
1st French ed.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,020,000]
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes text and inset "Nouvelle carte de la baye d'Hudson et de Labrador selon les dernieres cartes levées sur les lieux."
Identifier:
06_01_008546