Collection: Osher Collection

Name: L'Amerique Septentrionale Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de L 'Academie Royale des Sciences & et quelques autres, & sur les Memoires les plus recens. Par N. Sanson A Amsterdam chez Pierre Mortier. Avec Privilege

Barcode: 577

Image Number: 577.0001

Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726Mortier, Pierre, 1661-1711Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: Amsterdam

Notes: This map is similar to OS-1707-2 except: Each country and the cartouche are more brightly colored, instead of faint colored borders for countries; it has cartouche on the left rather than right; author listed in cartouche is N. Sanson, not De L'Isle; Amsterdam noted as publication location instead of Paris in the cartouche; and it lacks the "Avertissiment" note seen on OS- 1707-2.

Title Translation: North America Drawn on the Observations of Members of The Royal Academy of Sciences, and a few others, and on the most recent reports. By N. Sanson In Amsterdam at the establishment of Pierre Mortier. With Privilege

Brief Description: Map of North America and South America, showing the know area of the North American continent; the Northwest section of the map is devoid of any geographic information. The map includes the routes taken by explorers such Sir Francis Drake and Herna?n Corte?s.

Physical Description: 1 map: colored

Publisher: Mortier, Pierre, 1661-1711

Date/Date Range Produced: 1706

Date/Date Range Published: 1706

Language: French

Region Depicted: BahamasCanadaCaribbean regionCentral AmericaColombiaCubaDominican RepublicGreater AntillesHaitiJamaicaLesser AntillesNorth AmericaPuerto RicoVenezuelaWest Indies

Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps

Dimensions: 49 x 59 cm. on sheet 51 x 62 cm.

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

OCLC: 861791045

Donor: Osher

Subjects: Antilles, GreaterAntilles, LesserBahamasCanadaCaribbean AreaCartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)Central AmericaColombiaColonial AmericaCubaDominican RepublicGods & goddessesHaitiImaginary creaturesJamaicaL'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726Maps--Early works to 1800MythologyNeptune (Roman deity)North AmericaPoseidon (Greek deity)Puerto RicoSanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667Sea monstersVenezuelaWest Indies

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