Early French Maps of North America

16^th, 17^th, and 18^th Century Maps of North America and the Great Lakes

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Supplément pour les lacs du Canada. La Nouvelle France et le Canada [1755]. Robert de Vaugondy:
- Partie de L'Amérique Septentrionale.
- Close up of map cartouche
America sive India Nova (America or the New Indies) [1595] Mercator, Gerhard. hand colored. 43.1cm. x 58.1cm. AGS collection call number: 052B-1587:
- Full view
- Cartouche
Amérique Septentrionale Divisée en ses Principales Parties. Paris [1692] plate 13, Tome I of the Atlas Nouveau, Paris 1696. AGS # At.050A1695. Hand colored. 57.8 cm. x 84.7 cm.
- Full view
- Same map (smaller but clearer reproduction) from 1770 Robert de Vaugondy, Atlas Universel 46.3 x 57 cm.
America tam Septentrionales quam Meridionales (North and South America) by Adam Friedrich Zuerner, in the Mappa geographica delineato [1700] hand colored. 47 x 54.9cm. Ags # 052B-[1700].
Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada, 1755, plate 101 in Johann Baptist Homann, Atlas Homannianus mathematic-historice delineatus. Vol. IV 40. 5 X 52.3 cm.
Partie Occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France. Paris [1688], Jean-Baptiste Nolin. A map done under the direction of the famous cartographer, Coronelli. hand colored; 43.1 x 58.1 cm. AGS # 100-c. G7l3 A-1687
Also see artcicle on Mapping the Great Lakes.." in the WFC library.

Last update April 9, 1998

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16th, 17th, and 18th Century Maps of North America and the Great Lakes

16^th, 17^th, and 18^th Century Maps of North America and the Great Lakes