Map or Atlas
Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada avec l'Isle de Terre-Neuve et de Nouvelle Escosse, Acadie et Nouv. Angleterre avec Fleuve de St. Laurence
| Map of north eastern Canada and parts of New England, showing settlements, cities, portages, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. The unusual vertical format elongates the land and distorts its shape, but the map is remarkably detailed, including both European and Native American place names. The pictorial representations of mountains are fairly ornate, and two large illustrated scenes fill the lower right and upper left corners. The lower right corner features several types of ships on the waves of the ocean. The upper left corner, the title cartouche, features numerous scenes and imagery of Poseidon and Artemis (representing the land and sea), Indian chiefs, explorers, Hermes and Ares watching over a mapmaker, a fleet of ships, fishermen and wildlife. |
| Image ID: | 124129 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1759 |
| Creator Name: | Lotter, Tobias Conrad |
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| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | H GX82 1710 .L |
| Original Dimensions: | 58 x 50 cm |
| The elaborate and extensive illustrations are typical features of German cartographers in the eighteenth century. Largely cut off from over seas exploration and especially colonisation, the German cartographic school found it difficult to compete with France or England scientifically. Instead, often encouraged by their rulers, they competed culturally, showing off their illustrative and artistic prowess. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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