Nouvelle carte de l'Amerique septentrionale/ dressee sur les plus nouvelles observations de messieuirs de l'Academie des sciences meilleurs geographes avec des tables tres instructive et curieuses de la division de tons les états et les differents souverains qui en sont possesseurs
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- 1739
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Relief shown pictorially. Includes indexes. "Tom. 1. No. 6 " -- top right margin. From his: Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire ... . Dernière ed. Amsterdam: Z. Chatelain, 1732-1739. Tote 1, no. F. Very similar to L'Isle Amerique septentrionale, 1730. Indexed in:NMC, v. 10, p. 471. Phillips 579, v. 1, no. 6.
This is beautifully uncolored version of Chatelain's re-engraved version of Delisle's foundation map of North America. The cartography is nearly identical to the Delisle map, with California returned to its peninsular position rather than as an island. Mendocin is the farthest northern point on California, and the northwest is left blank. The Great Lakes are well-defined, based on Coronelli's map and the Mississippi River valley is well developed showing French settlements. A chart to the right lists the primary divisions of North America with colonial interests, native tribes, and towns. In the years before and during the French and Indian War, tensions over dominance in North America flared as British and French cartographers each claimed large, overlapping territories for their respective colonies on the continent. The results of this cartographic competition include a number of remarkable maps. This map conforms to the French view of North American colonization downplaying Briti
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- Creator
Chatelain, Henri Abraham, 1684-1743
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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- American Geographical Society Library - Maps
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - Publisher
- [Amsterdam] : [Z. Chatelain]
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- image
- Language
- French
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- Chatelain, Henri Abraham, 1684-1743. Nouvelle carte de l'Amerique septentrionale/ dressee sur les plus nouvelles observations de messieuirs de l'Academie des sciences meilleurs geographes avec des tables tres instructive et curieuses de la division de tons les états et les differents souverains qui en sont possesseurs. 1739. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1159. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Chatelain, Henri Abraham, 1684-1743, (1739) Nouvelle carte de l'Amerique septentrionale/ dressee sur les plus nouvelles observations de messieuirs de l'Academie des sciences meilleurs geographes avec des tables tres instructive et curieuses de la division de tons les états et les differents souverains qui en sont possesseurs. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1159
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- Chatelain, Henri Abraham, 1684-1743. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/1159>.