Collection: Smith Collection

Name: Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France et des decouvertes qui y ont été faites : dressée sur plusieurs observations et sur un grand nombre de relations imprim‚es ou manuscrites par Guillaume Del'Isle, Geographe de l'Academie Royale des Sciences

Barcode: 4717

Image Number: 4717.0001

Creator: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: Amsterdam

Notes: Imprint date from map dealer. Includes descriptive text. Incorporates Lahontan's imaginary features including the Pays des Gnacsitares and the Riviere Morte.

Title Translation: Map of Canada or New France and discoveries that have been made: Set from several observations and a number of printed or handwritten relations by William Del'Isle, Geographer of the Royal Academy of Sciences

Brief Description: Map of North America featuring lakes, waterways, and tribal territories. Forests and mountains are represented by illustrations.

Physical Description: 1 map: colored (hand-applied outline)

Date/Date Range Produced: 1730

Date/Date Range Published: 1730

Language: French

Region Depicted: CanadaGreenlandNorth America

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: H 54.7 x W 66.5 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

LC Call Number: G3400 1730 .L5

OCLC: 54798501

Donor: Smith

Subjects: AnimalsBirdsCanadaCartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)Colonial AmericaCovens and MortierDevices (Heraldry)East (U.S.)Great Lakes (North America)GreenlandHeraldryIndigenous peopleLakesNative American tribesNative AmericansNorth AmericaNorth American IndiansplantsRivers

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