Accession Number:
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04762
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File Name:
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04762-3
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Call number:
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E700 F927r
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Map title:
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Port Galant au detroit de Magellan
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Place of Publication:
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[Paris]
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Publisher:
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[Nicolas Le Gras]
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Publication date:
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[1700]
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Map size height:
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13.1 cm.
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Map size width:
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8.4 cm.
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Item description:
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engraved map; following p. 102
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Geographical description:
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Chart of Port Galant. Cartographic elements include compass rose, soundings, and indications of shoals or sea banks.
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Source author:
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Froger, François, b. 1676
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Source title:
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Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695. 1696. & 1697. aux côtes d'Afrique, Détroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roy, commandée par Monsieur de Gennes. ...
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Source place:
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A Paris : Chez Nicolas Le Gras, 1700
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Historical notes:
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Port Galant was at the southernmost part of Patagonia, Chile. The expedition was forced to spend two weeks there in March 1696 because of bad weather.Admiral de Gennes had two purposes in this voyage supported by Louis XIV --to create trouble for Spain and to take booty. Six ships sailed ostensibly to establish a colony at the Strait of Magellan. They stopped on the African coast where they raided a fort, taking slaves and goods that were then sold by one of the ships in the Antilles. The other ships continued on to Rio de Janeiro and down the South American coast to the Strait of Magellan, but they had to turn back due to a shortage of food. They returned to La Rochelle in April 1697.
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Normalized date:
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1700
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