Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principaux Etats, L' [North America divided into its Principal Nations]

Subject

North America, Central America, Caribbean, location of Indian tribes

Date

1762

Mapmaker

Janvier,[Jean],geographer;[Jean] Lattré,engraver;Berthault, sculpt;[Cleremont P.] Marillier,invenit

Publisher

Lattré, [Jean; J.T. Herissant]

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number

1997.078.015

Alternate number

Lupin Collection

Curatorial Notes

Other copies located 1956.509, 1982.077.110.031. See Phillips, Vol. 1, p. 366, #629. Label from 1996 exhibit: One of the curious features of this map is the large body of water along the west coast of the North American continent. Early explorers of the area often exaggerated the size of San Fransisco Bay, here named "mer ou baye de l'ouest" (lake or bay of the west.)

Exhibition History

1996 Sep - Mar 30, 1999, So Much More than Just A Map

Notes

Plate 32, from Lattré and Delalain's 1771 - 1783 "Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre." Depicts a great sea, labelled Mer de L' Ouest (Sea of the West) draining into the Pacific Ocean.

Size

12 1/4 x 17 5/8