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Carte des parties nord et ouest de l'Amérique dressée d'aprés les relations les plus authentiques par M... en 1764.

Authors :
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Diderot, Denis
Publication Year :
1772
Publisher :
Chez les Sociétés Typographiques, 1772.

Abstract

This series of 10 maps was prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot’s Encyclopédie. This seminal map series, exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage was one of the first studies in comparative cartography. See also Philippe Buache's Considerations Geographiques Et Physiques Sur Les Nouvelles Decouvertes Au Nord de La Grande Mer Appellee Vulgairement La Mer Du Sud, our 11780.000, for an earlier comparative cartography study of the same area.<br />Wagner 637; Wheat 160; Tooley 100; Leighly 177 (Plate XXIV, State 2); UCB.

Subjects

Subjects :
Lausanne
North America

Details

Database :
LUNA Commons
Publication Type :
Map
Accession number :
edsluc.RUMSEY.8.1.318973.90087914
Document Type :
Geography Book<br />Book Map