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MapAmérique septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties, ou sont distingués les vns des autres les estats suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentemet aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois, tirée des relations de toutes ...
Amerique septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties, sçauoir les terres Arctiques, le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, le Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne, le Nouveau Mexique, les isles de Terre Neuve, de Californie, et Antilles Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Has watermarks. Copy imperfect: Tears along edge Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Control no. 2001-29- Contributor: Jaillot, Alexis Hubert - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1674-01-01
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MapLa Floride Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coastline from Secotan in Virginia to Planuco in Mexico; the interior is shown to 40 degrees of latitude north and includes lakes and rivers in the region. Prime meridian: [Ferro]. Appears to be no. [3] detached from: L'Amériqve en plvsievrs cartes novvelles, et exactes, &c., ... Paris, [1657?] -P.L. Phillips, A list of geographical atlases in the Library of...
- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1657-01-01
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MapMappe-monde, ou carte générale du monde : dessignée en deux plan-hemispheres Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy stamped on: 480B. Mounted on cloth. Annotations in Australia. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 390 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Rivière - Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1651-01-01
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MapBrazil, which Coast is a Portuguese Possession, Divided into Fourteen Captaincies, Showing the Middle of the Country Inhabited by Many Unknown Peoples.
Le Bresil, dont la Coste est possedée par les Portugais et divisée en quatorze Capitanieres, le Milieu du Pays est habité par un trés grand Nombre de Peuples presque tous Incogneus This coastal map of Portuguese Brazil is by one of the greatest of the French cartographers, Nicolas Sanson (1600-67). Sanson gave geography lessons to both King Louis XIII and King Louis XIV. He also was named official geographer to the king, and his two younger sons succeeded him in this position. Until Sanson, the field of cartography was dominated by the Dutch, whose maps...- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1656-01-01
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MapLands of the Emperor of the Turks or the Ottoman Sultan in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Estats de l'empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it was conceived in Europe in the last quarter of the 17th century. It is a reprint, dated 1679, of an earlier edition possibly included in a series of world atlases published by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) in the middle of the century. The map shows geological features, such as rivers, deserts, and mountain ranges. Cities and towns...- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1679-01-01
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MapEstats de l'empire dv Grand Seignevr des Tvrqs ou Svltan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afriqve, et en Evrope
Estats de l'empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Hand colored to emphasize the boundaries of the constituent states and provinces. LC copy imperfect: Vertically fold-lined at sheet center. Includes inset of Algerian/Tunisian littoral of Africa, bar scales for French leagues/German miles, and embellished title cartouche (with 3 Turkish [?] head figurations). Available also through the...- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1654-01-01
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MapAmérique septentrionale Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Prime meridian: [Paris]. Mounted on cloth backing. From his 1658 (i.e. 1660) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Phillips 4260). First state: Lacks shading along border for Lake Ontario. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 560 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre-Jean - Peyrounin, A. - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1650-01-01
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MapL'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou font le Saara, or desért, le pays des Negres, la Guinee, et les pays circonv., tirée en partie de Sanut, et de l'Arabe du Nubie : ...
Lybie ulterieure Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas - Somer, J.
- Date: 1679-01-01
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MapMappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deux plan-hemispheres : reveiie et changée en plusieurs endroits suivant les relations les plus recentes Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy: left half mounted on paper, fold lined. Lightly hand colored to mark continental boundaries and some place names. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 419 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1669-01-01
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MapMappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale des sciences et quelques autres et sur les memoires les plus recens
Nova orbis tabula ad usum serenissimi Burgundiae ducis Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and 4 small hemispherical polar projections. Appears in Sanson's Atlas nouveau. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. French. Alternate title only in Latin.- Contributor: Mortier, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1696-01-01
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MapL'hydrographie ou description de l'eau au c'est a dire des mers, golfes, lacs, destroits et rivieres principales, qui sont dans la surface du globe terrestre
Hydrographie ou description des principales mers Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 394 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1652-01-01
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MapAmérique septentrionale Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Prime meridian: [Paris]. From his 1658 (i.e. 1660) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Phillips 4260). Second state: Lake Ontario contains shading along border. Copy annotated in pencil on upper and lower left corners of map Copy imperfect: Brittle and torn along edges Phillips. Maps of America, p. 560 Available also through the Library of Congress...
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre-Jean - Peyrounin, A. - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1650-01-01
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MapLe Bresil. From his 1658 (i.e. 1660) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Phillips 4260). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1656-01-01
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MapMappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deux plan-hemispheres : reveiie et changée en plusieurs endroits suivant les relations les plus recentes Relief shown pictorially. Appears in atlases published after Sanson's death by his heirs. LC copy: fold lined, with liquid staining from left and right margins to middle of hemispheres. Lightly hand colored to mark political boundaries. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1678-01-01
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MapPartie meridio. le du royaume d'Irlande, ou sont la province de Mounster, et partie des prov.ces [sic] de Leinster, et Connaugh. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre-Jean - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1665-01-01
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MapAmericqve septentrionale
Americque septentrionale Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy mounted on paper. Red bordered label with manuscript "603/100" in upper right corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Peyrounin, A. - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1695-01-01
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MapMexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c. : et autres provinces jusques a l'Isthme de Panama, ou sont les Audiences de Mexico, de Guadalaiara, et de Guatimala Appeared in Sanson's Cartes générales de la géographie ... 1676. Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 486 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1656-01-01
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MapThe Course of the River of the Amazons, Based on the Account of Christopher d'Acugna.
Le cours de la riviére des Amazones dressé sur la relation Nicolas Sanson (1600-67) is considered by many to be the founder of the French school of cartography. Originally from Abbeville, he was also known as Sanson d'Abbeville. He was trained as a military engineer but became a prolific cartographer who produced over 300 maps. Around 1643, he began publishing maps, working with publisher Pierre Mariette. This 1680 map of the Amazon most likely is...- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1680-01-01
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MapCarte des trois Arabies : tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de diuers autres autheurs Relief shown pictorially. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas - Somer, J.
- Date: 1654-01-01
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MapPartie septentr, le du royaume d'Irlande, ou sont la province d'Ulster, et partie des prov.ces [sic] de Leinster, et Connaugh. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Mariette, Pierre-Jean - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1665-01-01