Newberry Library - Carte du Canada et des decouvertes vers le lac D'erie

Title Carte du Canada et des decouvertes vers le lac D'erie

Creator Galinee, Rene Brehan de, d. 1678

Date 1850

Language French

Subjects Indians of North America, Manuscript maps

Description Tracing made ca. 1850 by historian Pierre Margry from 1670 manuscript map by Sulpician missionary Rene Brehan de Galinee, who accompanied Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle for part of his 1669 expedition.
Traced from original ms. map (now lost), possibly from the Service Hydgrographique archives in Paris. The map accompanied a ms. report submitted by Galinee and fellow missionary Francois Dollier de Casson to New France intendant Jean Talon. Galinee's report, now in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), was edited by Margry in his Decouvertes et etablissements des francais dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amerique Septentrionale v. 1 (Paris: Jouaust, 1876) p. 101-166. Report translated in James H. Coyne, Exploration of the Great Lakes by Dollier de Casson and De Brehant de Galinee (Ontario Historical Society Papers and records v. 4, 1903); includes description of variant ms. copies and reproductions of the map and English translations of notes appearing on map.
Map title from Coyne, p. 78.
Pen-and-ink and pencil; drawn on three leaves of tracing paper pasted together and backed by heavy paper.

Summary Shows Galinee's route from Montreal along the St. Lawrence River to the southern coast of Lake Ontario, the northern coast of Lake Erie, the eastern coast of Lake Huron, through Lake Nipissing and the French and Ottawa Rivers back to Montreal. Notes identify portages, Indian villages and place names, and natural resources.

Extent 1 ms. map ; on sheet 623 x 1,288 mm

Format Maps

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Pierre Margry Manuscript Map Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS map 42

BibID 135822

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 16002px × 7668px 351.09 MB

Filename 991358228805867_Ayer_MS_Map_42_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I8Q0

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