MAPPE-MONDE, ou CARTE GENERALE DE LA TERRE, DIVISEE en deux hemisphereS suivant la projection la plus commune ou tous les points principaux sont placez sur les observations de Mrs. de l’Academie Royale des Siences

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Type of resource	cartographic
Extent	2 hemispheres ea. 34.3 cm. in diam. to the neat line, 35.9 cm. in diam. to the border, on sheet 43.8 x 70.4 cm.
Place	PARIS
Date created	1705
Map data	[ca: 1: 120,000,000] ; W 180° --E 180°/N 85° --S 85°

Creator	Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720.

State 1	Dated 1700 in the title cartouche, and at lower right.
State 2	Dated 1702.
State 3	1705 in the title cartouche, and 1700 lower right.
State 4	Dated 1708.
State 5	Dated 1718.
State 6	Dated 1728 in the title cartouche and 1718 at lower right. “Avec Privilege du Roy 1718.” (lower right). In title: A Paris Chez J.F. Bonard Gendre. Issued in his: Atlas ou recüeil de carte geograhiques … [Map 5]. – A Paris, 1709-[28].
References	Shirley 600 (Plate 414); LC 5962; BN Fer IIC(5).
Statement of responsibility	Par N. de Fer, Geographe de Monseig. Le Dauphin.
Note	California shown with two northern bays and labeled Isle de Californie. Numerous points are named, and many islands separate it from the mainland. Agubela de Cato to the north. The hemispheres are surrounded by text and vignettes. The text includes a table containing about 30 different European town measurements for the length of one foot. The vignettes depict thunder, lightening, winds, volcanoes, and tides. Three cherubs hold up a coat of arms. Also shown are an eclipse of the sun and the moon. Dedication: Ano S Seig. Les Enfans De France. H. van Loon fecit. (lower right). A Paris. Chez’Autheur dans l’Isle du Palais sur le Quay de l’Orloge ala Sphere Royale. Avec Privilege du Roy, 1700. (lower right). Separately published, originally as two sheets.
Post publication map number	1049
Post publication map number with latest state information	1049-03
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/cc777kh3852

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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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