Carte du Mexique ou de la Nlle. Espagne contenant aussi le Nouveau Mexique, la Californie, avec une partie des pays adjacents

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Description

Type of resource cartographic
Extent 1 map : hand col. ; 27.5 x 39.2 cm.
Place France
Place Paris
Publisher [Rigobert] Bonne
Publication date 1701
Issuance monographic
Language French
Map data Scale [ca. 1:9,500,000] ; W 133°--W 73°/N 36°--N 05°

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Associated with Arrivet, J, active 1764-1786

Subjects

Subject Mexico > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject Gulf Coast (U.S.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject California > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre Map
Genre Early maps
Genre Digital maps
Genre Maps

Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility projettée et assujettie au ciel par Mr. Bonne.
Note California shown as an island with a rounded northern coast. Depicts small islands between California and the North American continent.
Note Prime meridian [Ferro].
Note Relief shown pictorially.
Note Title cartouche (lower left) with floral motif.
Note Upper left and right corners: "XXXVI" and "C32"
Note Lower left corner, inside neatline: "Arrivet, inv. & sculp."
Note Inside cartouche: "A PARIS Chez Laltre, rue St. Jaques, a la Tille de Bordeaux. avec. Privd."
Note A known forgery. There is evidence of a change in the plate in order to create California as an island. The map maker R. Bonne (1727-1794) lived later than the date on the map.
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/wx967hk6916

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Use and reproduction
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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Collection

The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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