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De Vaugondy map of De Fonte's discoveries 1772
De Vaugondy map of De Fonte's discoveries 1772
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Heading: (North America)
Author: De Vaugondy, Robert
Title: Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte representant la grande probabilité d'un Passage au Nord Ouest par Thomas Jefferys Géographe du Roi à Londres 1768. Cette Carte été traduite par M. de Vaugondy et gravée à Paris en 1772
Place Published: [Paris]
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Date Published: c.1772
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Copper-engraved map. 29.1x37.7 cm. (11½"x14¾").



Issued in the supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie as part of the series of ten maps by De Vaugondy illustrating the then-current views of the geography of the northwest of America. This map shows the elusive Northwest Passage derived from the spurious letter of the mythical de Fonte. Wagner, NW Coast, 637.

Condition
A little edge wear, a short marginal tear, old folds; remains of mouting tape on verso at top edge; very good.
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