Newberry Library - Carte generalle de l'Isle Royalle

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Title Carte generalle de l'Isle Royalle

Creator L'Hermite, Jacques, 1670-1725

Date 1716

Place Cape Breton Island (N.S.), Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island

Language French

Subjects Indians of North America, Manuscript maps, Nautical charts

Description Sheet 93 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.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, grey, red, yellow); mounted on cloth. Shot from 4x5 transparency.

Summary Chart of the coasts of Cape Breton Island compiled by Jacques L'Hermite, French army engineer, staff officer, and town major of Placentia, Newfoundland. Side margins include "Description des havres, et ports, qui sont sur cette carte." The map identifies Indian missions Antigonish Bay and Baddeck with brief references to the missionary Antoine Gaulin. For biographical sketches about L'Hermite and Gaulin see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 494 x 542 mm, on sheet 560 x 822 mm

Format Early works to 1800, Manuscript maps, Maps--Early works to 1800, Nautical charts

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

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS map 30 sheet 93

BibID 991813878805867

Size 6592px × 4300px 81.11 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991813878805867_ayer_ms_map_30_sheet_93.tif

Unique Identifier NL11KMGA

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