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MAP #: 287S2
CARTOGRAPHER : SOULES, FRANCOIS (1748-1809)
DATE: 1787
SHORT TITLE : CARTE D'UNE PARTIE DE L'AMERIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE,
REMAINING TITLE & ID : POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE LA
DERNIERE GUERRE. (ABOVE TOP NEAT LINE, CENTERED). INSET OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED (35.2 X 25.4 CM. IN IRREGULAR SHAPE -
BOTTOM RIGHT). INSET PICTURE OF NIAGARA FALLS (2.8 X 5.7 CM. TO
LEFT OF PRIOR INSET - OPPOSITE S.C.). INSET OF MOUTH OF
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO FLORIDA (13.0 X 16.3 CM. - BELOW NIAGARA
PICTURE INSET). SCALE OF 100 LIEUES (VERTICAL, TO LEFT OF INSET,
ORIENTED TO THE WEST). LONGITUDE (PROBABLY EAST FROM PARIS, TOP
AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1787
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : PARIS
PUBLISHER : M. BUISSON
LANGUAGE(S) : FR
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 61.0 X 50.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 4,540,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-444(1)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : N017-DIGNQ*
REGION CATEGORY : THIS MAP IS NOT IMPORTANT TO A
MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (9)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY DOTTED LINES
(NOT IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY).
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : PROBABLY PARIS (23)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : -
BEST INFO SOURCE : NO SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS LARGE, SMALL-SCALE MAP OF
NORTH AMERICA, HAS ONLY A MINOR PORTION DEVOTED TO MARYLAND AND THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY. AS SUCH, IT IS NOT AN IMPORTANT ITEM IN A
MARYLAND-CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION. IT COVERS FROM NORTH OF THE GULF
OF ST. LAURENTS TO FLORIDA. THE MAP WAS PUBLISHED IN FRANCOIS
SOULES HISTOIRE DES TROUBLES DE L'AMERIQUE ANGLAISE...,
PARIS, M. BUISSON, VOL.1, 1787. THE 1785 FIRST EDITION OF THIS
PUBLICATION DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MAPS.
EDITION & STATE INFO : THIE EDITION AND STATE
INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN RESEARCHED.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS
AN EXCELLENT BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF THIS MAP, WHICH HAS BEEN
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE FOUR VOLUME SET FOR
CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND MOUNTED IN PLASTIC. THE FOUR VOLUMES OF
SOULES HISTOIRE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE MAP HAS AN
ACQ. # OF N017-DIGDQ* AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-444(1).
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NOT YET RESEARCHED.
June 22, 1991
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