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Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France : ou sont les Nations des Ilinois, de Tracy, les Iroquois, et plusieurs autres peuples; avec la Louisiane nouvellement decouverte etc.
1688
This seminal map was the first to truly incorporate the exploration efforts of the French together with the work of several other cartographers in the Great Lakes region. It includes vignettes of A...
Carte generalle de la Nouvelle France ou est compris la Louisiane, Gaspesie et le Nouveau Mexique avec les Isles Antilles, dressée sur les memoires les plus nouveaux
1691
This map, attributed to Chrétien Le Clercq, is a notable indicator of the scope that "New France" had come to encompass by the end of the 17th century. According to this work, France has control of...
Carte de la Nouvelle France: òu se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis
1719
This extremely detailed and ornate map shows the cities, Native American land, European claims, mountains, lakes and rivers of New France. Numerous illustrations of trees, Native Americans, towns, ...
Nouvelle Carte Particulière de l'Amérique où sont exactement marquées la Nouvelle Bretagne, le Canada ou Nouvelle France
between 1741 and 1757
Map of the northeast corner of the United States and Canada with hand-colored boundaries. The map shows British, French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies; Native American nations; fishing areas; and det...
Nouvelle Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Plus Nouvelles Observations de Messieuirs de l'Academie des Sciences
1739
This map of North America shows settlements and cities, Native American land, lakes, rivers, and mountains. The northwest is left blank. Routes and notes on various explorers appear in the Pacific ...
Carte Nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise
circa 1770-1778
This map shows the English claims in North America at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Lotter labels each of the thirteen colonies (both in the map and in the title) and shows cities, forts, ...
