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Source Description
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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zg64xs553
label
L'Amérique suivant le R.P. Charlevoix Jte, Mr. de La Condamine et plusieurs autres nouvle. observations
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
zg64xs553
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
L'Amérique suivant le R.P. Charlevoix Jte, Mr. de La Condamine et plusieurs autres nouvle. observations
description
Prime meridian: Ferro.
date
["1746"]
year
1746
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_018482
creators
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Europe, Western--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Americas
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
Sr. Le Rouge ing., géographe du roy, rue des Grs. Augustines
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
19
schema:longitude
-96
extent
1 map : hand color ; 48 x 63 cm
notes
Prime meridian: Ferro.
State with "Changements de cette carte" in lower right but without Tchirikow's discoveries in the northwest.
Shows "Ligne de Demarcation Selon la Bulle du Pape Alexandre VI."
Table at lower left identifies American possessions of various European powers.
Extends westward to the Isle de Salomon and eastward to western Africa and Italy.
Decorative title cartouche depicting tools and vegetation in upper left.
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no
dcId
zg64xs553
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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f92cc1f8178b6f95