Map or Atlas
Partie de l'Amerique Septent? qui Comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada
| Map of eastern Canada and part of America, with an inset map of the Great Lakes region in the lower left corner. It shows boundaries, cities, settlements, Native American land, forts, islands, lakes and rivers. A floral and scroll frame borders the inset title cartouche. The main title cartouche appears on an illustration of cloth draped over a tree branch. A canoe sits under the cloth, as does a beaver, while pine trees and Native American huts stand behind it. |
| Image ID: | 124198 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1783 |
| Creator Name: | Vaugondy, Robert de |
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| Collection Name: | Map Collection |
| Genre: | Map or Atlas |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | H GX82 1755 .R |
| Original Dimensions: | 48 x 59 cm |
| The map dates from after 1763 but before the boundary changes of The Quebec Act of 1774. The inset is based on Bellin's seminal map of the Great lakes region. For a look at Bellin's map see Image ID: 124131 |
| Rivers |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Lakes |
| Beavers |
| Engraving |
| Trees |
| Cities and towns |
| Dwellings |
| Coasts |
| Islands |
| Canoes and canoeing |
| Great Lakes |
| Superior, Lake |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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