Sanson Map of N. America, 1650
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SANSON, Nicolas (1600-1667).
Amerique Septentrionale...
Engraved map with original hand color in outline.
Paris, 1650 (1659; State 3).
16 7/8” x 22 3/4” sheet.
All of North America, with California depicted as an island. Burden calls this a "landmark map of North America... It is, perhaps, most important for being the first printed map to delineate the five Great Lakes in a recognizable form... (Burden, 294). Plate 61 in Schwartz / Ehrenberg "The Mapping of America".
Amerique Septentrionale...
Engraved map with original hand color in outline.
Paris, 1650 (1659; State 3).
16 7/8” x 22 3/4” sheet.
All of North America, with California depicted as an island. Burden calls this a "landmark map of North America... It is, perhaps, most important for being the first printed map to delineate the five Great Lakes in a recognizable form... (Burden, 294). Plate 61 in Schwartz / Ehrenberg "The Mapping of America".
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Sanson Map of N. America, 1650
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