COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
06187
File Name:
06187-2
Call number:
E803 V928t / 1-SIZE
Map title:
Carte du Continent de L'Amérique Nord pour servir à l'Intelligence du Système des Vents et des Courans.
Place of Publication:
[Paris]
Publisher:
[Courcier & Dentu]
Publication date:
[1803]
Map size height:
25.9 cm.
Map size width:
33.5 cm.
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; vol. 2, following p. 524, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of North America showing the flow of wind over the continent, as well as the ocean current [Gulf Stream]. Also includes Central America and the northern part of South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and some sea banks or shoals.
Source author:
Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François), 1757-1820
Source title:
Tableau du climat et du sol des États-Unis d'Amérique. Suivi d'éclaircissemens sur la Floride, sur la colonie francaise au Scioto, sur quelques colonies canadiennes, et sur les sauvages ... Tome second
Source place:
A Paris : Chez Courcier, imprimeur-libraire, quai des Augustins, no. 71. Dentu, imprimeur-libraire, Palais du Tribunat, Galleries-de-Bois, no 240, An XII. - 1803
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney's voyage to the United States in 1792 resulted in the accusation that he was a spy by the government of John Adams. He was forced to return to France in 1798 and wrote this book to describe his travels.
Normalized date:
1803
Creator:
E. Collin
Carte du Continent de L'Amérique Nord pour servir à l'Intelligence du Système des Vents et...
