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Map Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict selon son vray méridien : avec la déclinaison de la ment de plussieurs endrois selon que le sieur de Castes le franc le démontre en son liure de la mécométrie de l'emnt.

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Title

  • Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict selon son vray méridien : avec la déclinaison de la ment de plussieurs endrois selon que le sieur de Castes le franc le démontre en son liure de la mécométrie de l'emnt.

Summary

  • "This portolan-style chart on vellum was compiled by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), the founder of New France, and was originally intended for presentation to the King of France. One of the great cartographic treasures of America, the map offers the first thorough delineation of the New England and Canadian coasts from Cape Sable to Cape Cod, showing Port Royal; Frenchman's Bay; the St. John, St. Croix, Penobscot, and Kennebec Rivers; and Mount Desert Island, which Champlain himself named. The place names and coast line correspond closely to Champlain's narrative in his Voyages, published in 1613. Champlain personally designed and drew the chart. Most charts of the time were drawn by professional cartographers who depended on information obtained from explorers and navigators. Champlain based this work entirely on his own exploration and observations, including interviews with Native Americans, and on his own mathematical calculations. The map shows habitations along the shoreline, both French settlements and Indian villages. Forests are represented by stylized drawings of trees. Hill symbols indicate higher elevations visible from the shore. Dangerous shoals are shown as groups of small dots, and anchors represent locations where Champlain himself set anchor." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635.

Created / Published

  • 1607.

Headings

  • -  Atlantic coast (North America)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  North America--Atlantic Coast

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Manuscript maps
  • Portolan charts

Notes

  • -  Imperfect: Vertically fold-lined at center; small holes at upper left and upper right.
  • -  Includes table of longitude calculations in upper right corner, title cartouche, and decorative scale not specifying measurement.
  • -  Pen-and-ink with green wash.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Shows coast of North America from western Nova Scotia to Cape Cod.
  • -  Stamped on verso at lower left: 540.
  • -  Vellum chart collection, no. 15.
  • -  LC Nautical charts on vellum, 15
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Gift; Henry Harrisse; 1910.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col., vellum ; 37 x 55 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3321.P5 1607 .C4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006629903

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Champlain, Samuel De. Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict selon son vray méridien: avec la déclinaison de la ment de plussieurs endrois selon que le sieur de Castes le franc le démontre en son liure de la mécométrie de l'emnt. 1607. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006629903/.

APA citation style:

Champlain, S. D. (1607) Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict selon son vray méridien: avec la déclinaison de la ment de plussieurs endrois selon que le sieur de Castes le franc le démontre en son liure de la mécométrie de l'emnt. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006629903/.

MLA citation style:

Champlain, Samuel De. Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict selon son vray méridien: avec la déclinaison de la ment de plussieurs endrois selon que le sieur de Castes le franc le démontre en son liure de la mécométrie de l'emnt. 1607. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006629903/>.