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Carte generale des découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherhe du passage a la mer du sud Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Description
Hand coloured engraving of the conception of the northern Pacific Rim area. Especially notable is the inclusion of the ficticious Northwest Passage. Various routes of exploration depicted.
Date depicted is 1752.
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Carte generale des découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherhe du passage a la mer du sud
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| Alternate Title |
par M. De l'Isle de l'Academi royale des sciences &c publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752; General map of the discoveries of the Admiral de Fonte and other Spanish, English and Russian navigators for research of the crossing of the the south sea, by M. De L'Isle of the Royal Academy of Sciences, published in Paris in September 1752
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| Publisher |
Paris : Didier Robert de Vaugondy
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| Date Issued |
[1779]
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| Description |
Hand coloured engraving of the conception of the northern Pacific Rim area. Especially notable is the inclusion of the ficticious Northwest Passage. Various routes of exploration depicted.
Date depicted is 1752. |
| Extent |
1 map ; 37 x 29 cm
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image/jpeg
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| Language |
French
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| Notes |
This map was originally concieved by geographer Joseph-Nicholas de L'Isle, and elaborated upon by Robert de Vaugondy. Based upon the fictitious voyage of a Spanish admiral, Bartholemew de Font in 1640. Similar maps depicting the voyage of De Font are also included in the Andrew McCormick Collection. See maps mccormick_132, mccormick_172. Atlas map removed from source: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier. [Recueil de 10 cartes...traitant particulierement de l'Amerique du Nord et des regions arctiques, d'apres les relations les plus authentiques depuis le commencement du 17 siecle, reproduites...]. 1 p.l., 10 fold. maps. 8. Livourne, 1779.
Information found in Hayes, Derek. "The Mysterious Admiral Fonte--the mapping of imagination." Historical Atlas ofo the Pacific Northwest, Maps of Exploration and Discovery. Sasquatch Books, 2000. 26, and Wendt, Henry. "Joseph-Nicolas de l’Isle, Carte Generale des Découvertes de l’Amiral de Fonte - Paris 1752." Mapping the Pacific Coast. 2006. |
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mccormick_130
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Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints
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| Date Available |
2013-04-01
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
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| AIP UUID |
1b1386eb-5c52-48e0-b459-d41e2d5356e0
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0023047
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
CONTENTdm
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/