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In 1720, London geographer and mapmaker, Herman Moll, published this map focusing on France's North American possessions. In a message below the title, he warned his British audience of French encroachment on neighboring English interests in the region and urged them to preserve old friendships with the Iroquois and Cherokees. The depiction of the Southeast was based on recent English surveys, particularly those of Richard Berresford and Capt. Thomas Naime. However, the Southwest, where California is depicted as island, was based on outdated information that was mistakenly accepted by European mapmakers from the mid-17th century until the early 18th century.
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Document identity
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3f462t333
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A new map of the north parts of America claimed by France under ye names of Louisiana, Mississipi, Canada, and New France with ye adjoining territories of England and Spain
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map
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1
Source metadata
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3f462t333
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new map of the north parts of America claimed by France under ye names of Louisiana, Mississipi, Canada, and New France with ye adjoining territories of England and Spain
description
In 1720, London geographer and mapmaker, Herman Moll, published this map focusing on France's North American possessions. In a message below the title, he warned his British audience of French encroachment on neighboring English interests in the region and urged them to preserve old friendships with the Iroquois and Cherokees. The depiction of the Southeast was based on recent English surveys, particularly those of Richard Berresford and Capt. Thomas Naime. However, the Southwest, where California is depicted as island, was based on outdated information that was mistakenly accepted by European mapmakers from the mid-17th century until the early 18th century.
date
["[1720]"]
year
1720
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009667
creators
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Bowles, Thomas, d. 1767
King, John
Bowles, John, 1701-1779
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Sold by H. Moll ... sold by Tho. Bowles ... [sold by] John King ... and John Bowles
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 59 x 100 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Depths shown by soundings.
Includes notes and ill. of "The Indian Fort Sasquesahanok."
Insets: The harbour of Annapolis Royal -- A map of ye mouth of Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] and Mobile Rivers & c.
Copy 3 is plate 9 in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736].
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no
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3f462t333
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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c5d75dddf87abe29