COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
01935
File Name:
01935-1
Call number:
E698 H515nT
Map title:
A Map of a Large Country Newly Discovered in the Northern America Situated between New Mexico And the Frozen Sea ...
Place of Publication:
[London]
Publisher:
[M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship]
Publication date:
[1698]
Map size height:
36.4 cm.
Map size width:
43 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; pt. 1, following Table of Contents
Geographical description:
Map of part of North America, showing a small part of Mexico. Geographical elements include lines of latitude and longitude, scales, sea banks or shoals, location and names of rivers, lakes (including the fictitious Lake Apalachee), mountains, and native American settlements and tribes. Decorative cartouche includes English royal coat of arms and angel.
Source author:
Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent.
Source title:
[Nouvvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays. English] A new discovery of a vast country in America ...
Source place:
London : printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698
References:
Kaufman, K. Mapping of the Great Lakes, No. 21
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
When Hennepin's superiors ordered him to return to America, he refused and pledged his allegiance to England. Later maps were dedicated to King William III and inspired English interest in the vast territory in the middle of the continent.
Normalized date:
1698
A Map of a Large Country Newly Discovered in the Northern America Situated between New Mex...
