Partie orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France (1689)

Title

Partie orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France (1689)

Subject

New France, the French Atlantic, and the eastern American seaboard

Description

Map of New France, including part of northeastern Canada and New England, from Labrador south to present-day South Carolina. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, scales, sea banks or shoals, location of rivers (especially the Saint Lawrence River), lakes (especially Lake Ontario), forts, and settlements of native Americans (especially the Five Iroquois Nations). Decorative elements include fish [cod] or sea monsters and native Americans in a canoe. Decorative cartouche includes native Americans, one armed with a gun or musket wearing wooden [?] armor, the other shooting at bear and deer or stag with a bow and arrow. Also includes a coat of arms.

Creator

Vincenzo Coronelli

Source

Royal Library of Denmark
http://www.kb.dk/maps/kortsa/2012/jul/kortatlas/object65027/da/

Also John Carter Brown Library https://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/JCBMAPS~1~1~2093~108570003:Partie-orientale-du-Canada-ou-de-la#

Date

1689

Contributor

Campbell

Language

French

Coverage

From Lake Ontario to the Grand Banks

Files

Coronelli, 1689, from KBK DK.jpg

Collection

Reference

Vincenzo Coronelli, Partie orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France (1689), 1689

Cite As

Vincenzo Coronelli , “Partie orientale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France (1689),” Mapping History, accessed May 18, 2024, http://maps.omeka.bucknell.edu/items/show/95.