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Map of Fonte's odd view of Pacific Northwest
Map of Fonte's odd view of Pacific Northwest
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Author: De Vaugondy, Robert
Title: Carte Generale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud. Par M. De l'Isle de l'Acedemie royale des Sciences &c. Publiee a Paris en Septembre 1752
Place Published: Paris
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Date Published: 1772
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Copper-engraved map with inset, modern hand-coloring. 31.5x40 cm. (12½x16").



With the curious configurations which various cartographers gave to the northwest coast of America in an effort to give credence to a Northwest Passage. Issued in the supplement to Diderot's Encyclopedie as part of the series of ten maps by De Vaugondy illustrating the then-current views of the geography of the northwest of America, with folds. Wagner, N.W. Coast, 637.

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Lower half of left margin trimmed to neat line for folding, as issued; old folds; shrink-wrapped; very good.
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Map of Fonte's odd view of Pacific Northwest

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