L'Amerique divisée en septentrionale et méridionale, subdivisée en ses principales parties, dressée sur les relations les plus récentes
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Item Information
- Title:
- L'Amerique divisée en septentrionale et méridionale, subdivisée en ses principales parties, dressée sur les relations les plus récentes
- In upper margin :
- Amerique divisée en ses principales parties sçavoir dans la septentrionale les terres Arctiques, le Canada ou Nouvelle France, la Floride, la Nouvelle Espagne et le Nouveau Méxique ; dans la meridionale la Terre Ferme, le Perou, le Chili, la Terre-Magellanique, le Paraguay, le Bresil : les Isles de Terre Neuve, Antilles, Magellaniques et Californie
- Creator:
- Brion de la Tour, Louis
- Contributor:
- Jaillot, Alexis Hubert, 1632?-1712
- Name on Item:
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revue, corrigée et augmentée par M. Brion de la Tour.
- Date:
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[1783]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- George Washington's Mount Vernon
- Collection (local):
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Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
- Subjects:
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America--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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North America (area)
South America
- Extent:
- 1 map : hand col. ; 107 x 130 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Publisher:
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Paris :
M. Brion de la Tour
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000]
- Language:
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French
- Catalog Record:
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MVLA record
- Notes:
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A restrike of a Jaillot map originally published in 1695, updated to reflect the Treaty of Paris in the cartouche and to depict the early borders of the United States.
Also shows exploration routes.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
In upper right: Dressée sur les relations les plus recentes par le Sr. Jaillot. Corrigee en 1782. A Paris chez le Sr. Desnos.
In French.
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Identifier:
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06_01_009612