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Nauigationi dil mondo nouo
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Relation to the discovery of the Mississipi [sic] River
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Nicolas de La Salle (died 1710) was appointed by the French king as the first commissary in the colony of Louisiana. He was part of the 1682 expedition headed by René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle (no relation) which explored the Mississippi River and basin. The French manuscript was based on notes taken by Nicolas de La Salle on this expedition.
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Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali : cum terris adiacentibus
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Excerpted from Montanus' De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld, See Lowery 165. This is a reduced copy of Jansson, 1642, with same title. According to Burden, this is state 1 of the map. Cartouche: Natives and merchants. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles (German, Spanish). Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Device with balls. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Burden, map 414. Verso Text: MS note: Montanus 1671 150035.
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Conibas regio cum vicinis gentibus
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Famous map showing the island of "Conibas" supposed to be in the Arctic shore of northern Canada. According to Burden this is state 3 of the map (Burden, map 100), which was first printed in 1597, but was reprinted until 1615. Note the city of Axa from the seven cities of Cibola in the lower left. MS notes: Wytfliet, 1597; other notes 918. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned sea serpent cross over horn. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Ms note: 150246.
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La Californie ou Nouvelle Caroline. Teatro de Los Trabajos, Apostolicos de La Compa. e Jesus en la America, Septe
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De Fer's plagiarized version of Kino's early map showing California as an island in the model of Sansome. "Dressée sur celle que le Viceroy de la Nouvelle Espagne envoya il y apue d'années a Mrs. de l'Academie des Scieces. Par N. de Fer Geographe de sa Majesté Catolique." Figures: Mapping lesson, dancing, grinding corn. Birds, armadillo, coyote? MS note: 2118. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Rosary or chain. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Figures . Verso Text: Ms notes: 29152? A-78 2118.
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America septentrionalis novissima ; America meridionalis accuratissima / P. Schenk ex: Amsteloed; cum Privil
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Kashnor notes, "California is shown as an island, locating Drake's Port and Port of Monterey, also Taos and Santa Fe in New Mexico." Kashnor dates as ca. 1700. McLaughlin dates as [1695] and gives appeared in data. Burden dates as 1696. For other copy see 150219; for later version see 093:149. Two cartouches with figures. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: L ?. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 120; Tooley 56; Leighly 102; Koeman III, p.119 (11); Burden, map 722 Verso Text: MS note: 155.
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Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio / per N. Visscher
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Kashnor notes, "On the North-West coast it shows the supposed Strait of Anain. California is represented as an island, and it locates Capes Mendocino on Forturas, and New Albion." McLaughlin dates as 1670 and places in Amsterdam, and appeared in information. RLIN record dates as 1680? Burden suggests a date of ca. 1658. See also 105:285 for another copy. Cartouche with Indians. Dedication to Cornelis Witsen, father of the more famous Nicolaas Witsen. Dedication surrounded by angels. MS note: 60 (upper left). Prime meridian: Tenerife. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 48; Phillips 507,508,3078; Wagner 378; Tooley 29 (Plate 41); Leighly 33 and 56 (Plate XI). Verso Text: MS note: Cat 93 209.
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