File:Sanson Amerique Septentrionale 1650 UTA.jpg

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Français : Amerique Septentrionale
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English: Sanson's landmark 1650 map of North America includes interesting details relating to chartered company operations in the northern and eastern part of the continent as well as the Caribbean. Employing a sinusoidal projection, its construction demonstrates considerable scientific acumen. Much of the Great Lakes system now appears, with Lakes Superior and Ontario named for the first time. Sanson's sources must have included the annual reports of the Jesuits which included eyewitness accounts of their missionary activities and explorations in association with the chartered fur companies. These augmented the earlier explorations of Champlain. There is also "Mon Royal", or Montreal, laid out as a trading site by Champlain in 1611. "N[ouvelle]. Anglet[erre]" refers to New England, while "Nouvelle Amsterdam" and "Nouvelle Hollandia" on the east coast allude to activities there of the New Netherland Company (beginning in 1614) and the Dutch WIC (beginning in 1625). There is even "N[ouvelle]. Suede" relating to the new settlements in the Delaware Valley of the New Sweden Company chartered by the Swedish government in 1638.
Date or 1651
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1651-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source UTA Libraries Cartographic Connections: map / text
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Nicolas Sanson  (1600–1667)  wikidata:Q502162
 
Nicolas Sanson
Alternative names
Nicolas Sanson, der Ältere; Nicolas Sanson d’Abbeville
Description French cartographer, scientific illustrator and historian
Date of birth/death 20 December 1600 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1667 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Abbeville, France Paris
Work period 1699 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q502162
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English: UTA Libraries Special Collections
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Map location North America
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Place of publication Paris
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institution QS:P195,Q1230739
Dimensions height: 38 cm (14.9 in); width: 54 cm (21.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,38U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,54U174728
Medium colored engraving
artwork-references

Burden The Mapping of North America I, no. 294 , pp. 375−377

Schwartz and Ralph Ehrenberg The Mapping of America, 5, no. 61 , pp. 111−112

Hayes Historical Atlas of Canada, 1, p. 60

Martin and Martin Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 1, pp. 82−83


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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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