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Source Description
Covers United States, Central America, West Indies, and parts of Mexico and South America.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6m3163529
label
A map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6m3163529
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A map of the United States and Canada, New-Scotland, New-Brunswick and New-Foundland
description
Covers United States, Central America, West Indies, and parts of Mexico and South America.
date
["1812"]
year
1812
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_018782
creators
Lapie, M. (Pierre), 1779-1850
Tardieu, P. F. (Pierre François), 1757-1822
Pachoux, J. J.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States--Maps
West Indies--Maps
Central America--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
Chez P.A.F. Tardieu, graveur, Place de l'Estrapade, no. 1
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 86 x 73 cm
notes
Covers United States, Central America, West Indies, and parts of Mexico and South America.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: Paris and Greenwich.
Title cartouche for West Indies section in lower left corner.
In lower margin: Déposée à la Direction Générale de l'Imprimerie et de la Librarie le Septembre 1812.
Includes illustration of a bald eagle perched on top of the main title cartouche.
Coloring in West Indies section to indicate territories and possessions incomplete; parts of legend and some islands not colored.
Label advertising Charles Simonneau pasted in lower right.
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no
dcId
6m3163529
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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52d3ba63518ee227