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Carte de la coste de Labrador depuis les isles de Maingan iusqu'au detroit de Belisle

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Title Carte de la coste de Labrador depuis les isles de Maingan iusqu'au detroit de Belisle

Creator Des Champs de Boishebert, Henri-Louis, 1679-1736

Date 1715

Place Atlantic Ocean--Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador, Québec

Language French

Subjects Coasts, Manuscript maps, Nautical charts

Description Title and scale from largest section; date from second section.
Sheet 99 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.
Relief shown with shading.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, brown, yellow, red); mounted on cloth. Shot from 4x5 transparency.

Summary Strip map detailing the Gulf of Saint Lawrence coast between southeastern Québec and southern Labrador. The first section spans the region bounded by the mouth of the Saint John River (opposite Anticosti Island) eastward past Longue-Pointe (or Mingan) to the Forteau Bay region in the Strait of Belle Isle. Identifies the estates of "Bissot", "Jollet", and "Sr. de Courtemanche", and old Fort Pontchartrain; includes Indian place names. The second section (scale ca. 1:1,160,000) continues past the Strait to the east and north as far as "Grande Riviere de Quessesakiou" (i.e. St. Lewis Sound?) in Labrador: Nouvelle decouverte fait par Constantin depuis la Riviere des François, qui est a dix lieües ... de Monsieur de Courtemanche ... 1715. Augustin Le Gardeur de Courtemanche, colonial ambassador and commandant on the Labrador coast, hired trader and officer Pierre Constantin in 1700 to explore the coast and establish a trading post on the St. Paul River; see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Inset map (258 x 371 mm. ; scale ca. 1:172,000): Partie de la coste de Labrador en la Nouvelle France ... depuis le Petit Havre jusque a la Forte Eaux. Shows the Bradore Bay region ("Baye de Phelipeaux") and locates the Courtemanche estate.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; in 2 sections (240 x 686 mm and 260 x 309 mm), on sheet 560 x 721 mm

Format Manuscript maps, 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 99

BibID 991813968805867

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 6200px × 4664px 82.75 MB

Filename 991813968805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_99.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KMHN

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