L'AMERIQUE Suivant les dernieres Observatios de l'Academie Royale de Paris.

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Type of resource cartographic
Extent 16.1 x 12.2 cm.; 17.2 x 13.1 cm. including border.
Place [France and Italy]
Date created [ca. 1785]
Map data [ca.1:90,000,000] ; W 160° --E 20°/N 90° --S 90°

Creators/Contributors

Creator Buffier, Claude, 1661-1737

Subjects

Genre Map
Genre Digital maps
Genre Early maps

Bibliographic information

Note California with indented northern coastline and without place names, except on State 9, which is engraved by H. van Loon. Mainland coastline continues northwest to 55 deg. N. The States and Variants listed identify differences between very similar maps and may, with additional research, be re-arranged.
State 5 Ashley Baynton-Williams; Nordenskiöld 1,40(18)(Italian text, State 2).
State 8 French text. With changed title: L'AMERIQUE Suivant les dernieres Observatios de l'Academie Royale de Paris. and no engraver's name. "Page 284 (top right); Leon horizontally labeled off coast above Panama; Mexique off coast of Mexico; Zelande; Tropique du Capricorne; and N. Yore, Boston and Virginie labeled; and with NOUVau MEXIQUE. Unconfirmed date, 1785.
Original McLaughlin Book Number (1995 edition) 70
Original McLaughlin book number (1995 edition) with latest state information 70-08
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/gq670jx4434

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Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
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The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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