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Gilles Robert De Vaugondy: Amerique Septenrionale dressee sur les Relations les plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs et divisee suivant les differentets possessions des Europeens . . . 1750
Title: Amerique Septenrionale dressee sur les Relations les plus modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs et divisee suivant les differentets possessions des Europeens . . . 1750 Map Maker: Gilles Robert De Vaugondy
Description: Scarce examle of De Vaugondy's first large format map of North America. The region east of the Appalachians is referred to as Chouanous et Cheraquis. Extensive notes on the Mississippi Valley Indians, French and English forts and other details. The River systems which drain into the Mississippi are also of note, along with the Belle Riviere, which seems to extend from Southern Kansas or Northern Oklahoma to the west, quite uniquely and mythically so. The Coast of California still includes Nlle. Albion, Quiviera and the entrance discovered by Martin d'Augilar. The lands to the north are Terres Inconnues. The Missouri River extends far into the West. This frst map is very different than the map included in later editions of De Vaugondy's atlases and was probably originally a separate issue. The early example pre-dates the inclusion of the large inset map in the upper left corner of the map (showing the the Northwest Part of America) and offers a very different treatment of the Great Lakes and the Midwest, among other changes. Condition Description: Tear repaired in margin, far from printed image. References: Pedley 448.
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