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Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c. Tiré de diverses Relations des Francois, Anglois, Hollandois, &c. Par N. Sanson, d’Abb. Geogr Ord.re du Roy.
Description: Fine decorative and detailed copper engraved one of the most influential 17th century maps of eastern and a keystone map for Great Lakes collections. Sanson based the map primarily on Jesuit sources, retaining Champlain’s basic cartographic model for the northern parts of Canada. He added some nomenclature of James, Foxe, and Button and retained the earlier concept of Button’s Northwest Passage, in the southwest corner of the bay. The most important aspect of the map is the first appearance of “L. Erie, ou du Chat” as a recognizable lake. This delineation influenced the cartography of the region for over 100 years and was not superceded until De l’Isle’s “Carte du Canada” in 1703. The entire Great Lakes basin and the St. Lawrence River is shown in great detail. Lake Superior and Michigan (Lac du Puans) are left open-end to the west. Other geographical improvements introduced with this map include a more detailed Hudson Bay, introduction of Long Island, and the correct position of New Amsterdam. The original outline coloring reflects the French version of territorial boundaries.
Date: 1690 approx. ( undated )
Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 32,7 x 21,9
Conditions: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Uncolored as issued. Small margin to the top. Quite lower margin. Wide right lateral margin. Short left lateral margin. Small tears. Small foxing and browning. Small warmings. Conditions are as you can see in the images.
Cartographer: Nicholas Sanson (1600 – 1667) and his descendents were important French cartographer’s active through the 17th century. Sanson started his career as a historian where, it is said, he turned to cartography as a way to illustrate his historical studies. In the course of his research some of his fine maps came to the attention of King Louis XIII who, admiring the quality of his work, appointed Sanson “Geographe Ordinaire du Roi”. Sanson’s duties in this coved position included advising the King on matters of Geography and compiling the royal cartographic archive. Sanson’s corpus of some three hundred maps initiated the golden age of French Cartography. He is most admired for his construction of the magnificent atlas Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde. Sanson’s maps of , Amerique Septentrionale (1650) and La Canada ou Nouvelle France (1656) are exceptionally notable for their important contributions to the cartographic perceptions of the New World. Both maps utilize the discoveries of important French missionaries to the interior and are among the first published maps to show the Great Lakes in recognizable form. Sanson was also an active proponent of the Insular California theory, wherein it was speculated that California was an island rather than an peninsula. After his death, Sanson’s cartographic work was carried on by his sons, Guillaume (? – 1703) and Adrien Sanson (? – 1708), as well as by A. H. Jaillot and Pierre Duval, with whom the partnered.
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