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Historic Cartography: Sanson, 1682 "La Floride", "Golfe de Mexique"

Sanson, 1682 "La Floride", "Golfe de Mexique"

Description: Important regional map, illustrating a number of early and important cartographic features. The first atlas map to correctily name Lake Erie, although it is pushed 2.5 degrees too far south, increasing the claims of France. Several new rivers appear. in Virginia. The Caroline listed is Ft. Caroline, not the Carolinas. The projection of the Southeast is improved over Sanson's folio map of the prior year. The Florida nomenclature is corrected from Sanson's North America. Most of the rest of the map is Chaves/Ortelius nomenclature. The Southwest is still largely unknown, as illustrated by the mislocation of the Mississippi and its course.

Historic Cartography: "A New and Accurate Map of East and West Florida, drawn from the best Authorities."

"A New and Accurate Map of East and West Florida, drawn from the best Authorities."

Historic Cartography: Jeffreys, 1776

Jeffreys, 1776

Historic Cartography: Holloman, 1720

Holloman, 1720

Historic Cartography: Delisle, 1703

Delisle, 1703

Carte du Louisiane,  Golfe du Mexique (Map of Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico)

Carte du Louisiane, Golfe du Mexique (Map of Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico)

1744, Golfe du Mexique, "Partie de La Coste de La Louisiane et de la Floride"

1744, Golfe du Mexique, "Partie de La Coste de La Louisiane et de la Floride" ("Part of the coast of Louisiana and Florida" extending from the Mississippi delta to Apalachee Bay, Florida.)

Map of the Provence of West Florida with inset of "Enlarged Plan of Pensacola"

Map of the Provence of West Florida with inset of "Enlarged Plan of Pensacola"

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