COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
12408
File Name:
12408-031
Call number:
E683 M253d
Map title:
Ancien Continent Avec plusieurs Isles, Oceans, et Mers
Place of Publication:
Paris
Publisher:
Chez Denys Thierry, ru� S. Jacques, � l'enseigne de la ville de Paris, devant la ru� de Pl�tre
Publication date:
M. DC. LXXXIII.
Map size height:
21 cm.
Map size width:
13.5 cm.
Item description:
engraved map, vol. 1, fig. 85, p. 233
Geographical description:
Hemisphere showing Europe, Asia, and Africa. Includes an incomplete Australia and Antarctica. Includes ships, as well as identified islands, oceans, seas, and gulfs. Also includes the land of Jesso.
Source author:
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Source title:
Description de l'univers, contenant les differents syst�mes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne ... Tome premier
Source place:
Paris: Chez Denys Thierry, ru� S. Jacques, � l'enseigne de la ville de Paris, devant la ru� de Pl�tre, M. DC. LXXXIII.
Cartobibliographic notes:
The land of Jesso was an undefined area which was thought to join America and which was located between Japan and the Kurile islands. Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Perouse's expedition clarified the geography of the northern Pacific.
Geographic Area:
Eastern hemisphere
Normalized date:
1683
LC bibliographic number:
22293255
Ancien Continent Avec plusieurs Isles, Oceans, et Mers
