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Carte du Canada et des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale
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Carte du Canada et des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale

Author: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy; J Fortin
Publisher: Paris : Chez Fortin, Ing'r mécanicien du Roi pour les globes et sphères, 1778.
Edition/Format:   Map : FrenchView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Maps Early works to 1800
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Map, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy; J Fortin
OCLC Number: 40724481
Notes: Covers Canada east of Lake Superior and south of James Bay; covers U.S. north of Albemarle Bay (N.C.).
Relief shown pictorially.
Third state.
Meridians numbered eastward from unspecified prime (Montréal at 305°E).
Believed to be the earlist map to use the name United States of America (in any language).
Watermarked (unclear wording with pointed cross at center of embellished circle with pendant cross).
Includes Newfoundland inset and pictorial title cartouche.
Description: 1 map : hand col. ; 47 x 67 cm., folded to 50 x 35 cm.
Responsibility: par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy, Géog. Ord. du Roi ... et Censeur Royal.

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