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Carte depuis le Cap Blanc jusqva l'Isle d'Arguin

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Title Carte depuis le Cap Blanc jusqva l'Isle d'Arguin

Creator Peyssonnel, Jean-André, 1694-1759

Date 1715

Place Mauritania, Mauritania--Arguin Island, Mauritania--Dakhlet Nouadhibou

Language French

Subjects Coasts, Fisheries, Manuscript maps, Nautical charts

Description Sheet 3 of 115 (i.e. 117; includes sheets 71A and 106A) numbered leaves in the Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, detailing French colonial interests worldwide, ca. 1640-ca. 1726.
Depths shown with soundings.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, red, yellow); mounted on cloth. Shot from 4x5 transparency.

Summary Shows fishing grounds along the northern coast of Mauritania in the region including the twentieth century sites of Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Ras Nouadhibou, Levrier Bay, Port Etienne, Arguin Bay, and Cape Blanc. Includes navigation notes A-Q and pictorial drawing of trading post buildings on Arguin Island.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 508 x 314 mm

Format Early works, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Maps, Nautical charts

Archival Collection Title Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection, Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 3

BibID 991660768805867

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4237px × 6610px 80.15 MB

Filename 991660768805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_3.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KM6Y

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