Carte des Parties Nord et Ouest de l'Amerique, 1772

Containers:
Closed Stacks, Drawer 38
Creator:
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Extent:
1 Sheets
Language:
French.
Material specific details:
Scale [ca. 1:19,000,000]. Relief shown pictorially. "Dressée d'après les relations les plus authentiques par M. en 1764. Nouvelle édition réduite par M. de Vaugondy en 1772." At upper center, Septentrou". At upper right, "Suppl. 1re carte". Note in bottom left, "Ville des Tahuglauks selon la relation du Baron de la Hontan et qui peut avoir ete prise par quelques Geographes modernes pour Quivira a laquelle ils donnent la meme position sur la preterdue Mer de Ouest". Shows North America from California and the Gulf of Mexico north to the Arctic, including portions of eastern Siberia and Greenland.
Physical facet:
hand colored
Dimensions:
39 x 30 cm on sheet 44 x 37 cm
Other descriptive data:

Livourne, France: 1772

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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