L'Amerique meridionale et septentrionale : dressée selon les dernieres relations et suivant les nouvelles decouvertes dont les points principaux sont placez sur les observations de Mss. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.

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Map shows late seventeenth century geography, cities, political borders, and points of interest in North America, South America, and parts of England and France. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:29,000,000].

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1 map : col. ; 45 X 59 cm.

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Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720 1699.

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  • Main Title: L'Amerique meridionale et septentrionale : dressée selon les dernieres relations et suivant les nouvelles decouvertes dont les points principaux sont placez sur les observations de Mss. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.
  • Parallel Title: Southern and northern America : arranged according to the latest relationships and new discoveries with main points based on observations of gentlemen from the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Description

Map shows late seventeenth century geography, cities, political borders, and points of interest in North America, South America, and parts of England and France. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:29,000,000].

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1 map : col. ; 45 X 59 cm.

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Appears in the author's Introduction a la geographie avec une description historique sur toutes les parties de la terre. 2nd ed.

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  • 1699

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Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720. L'Amerique meridionale et septentrionale : dressée selon les dernieres relations et suivant les nouvelles decouvertes dont les points principaux sont placez sur les observations de Mss. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences., map, 1699; Paris. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231376/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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