Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
01934
Record number:
01934-1
JCB call number:
E698 H515n1
Image title:
Carte d'un nouveau monde. Entre le Nouueau Mexique et la Mer glacialle ... dedieé a sa Majesté Britanique le Roy Guilaume Troisieme
Creator 1:
Gasp: Bouttats
Creator 1 role:
fecit
Place image published:
[Utrecht]
Image publisher:
[Antoine Schouten]
Image date:
[1698]
Image function:
fold-out map; following table of contents
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
29.5 cm. (neatline)
Image dimension width:
46 cm. (neatline)
Page dimension height:
30.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
47.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Map of North and Central America. Decorative elements include ships and a cartouche with allegorical figures representing the gods and man (fallen and redeemed). One female figure holds the royal English coat of arms, another holds a banner with "Guillaume III."
Cartographic details include lines of longitude and latitude, inset map of the land of "Iesso," lakes, rivers, forts, native American settlements, sea banks, and islands.
Source creator:
Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent.
Source Title:
Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que l'Europe
Source place of publication:
A Utrecht
Source publisher:
Chez Antoine Schouten, Marchand Libraire
Source date:
1698
Time Period:
1651-1700
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
geographic area:
North America; Spanish America
Subject headings:
North America--Maps
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
References:
McCorkle, B.B. New England in Early Printed Maps, 698.1
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1854.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Commentary:

Carte d'un nouveau monde. Entre le Nouueau Mexique et la Mer glacialle ... dedieé a …