Nicholas Sanson:  La Floride . . .

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Title: La Floride . . .

Map Maker: Nicholas Sanson

Description:

First edition of Sanson'sImportant early map of Florida and the Southeast, illustrating a number of early and important cartographic features.

The first atlas map to correctily name Lake Erie, although it is pushed 2.5 degrees too far south, increasing the claims of France. Several new rivers appear. in Virginia. The Caroline depicted on the map is Ft. Caroline, not the Carolinas.

The projection of the Southeast is improved over Sanson's folio map of the prior year. The Florida nomenclature is corrected from Sanson's North America. Most of the rest of the map is Chaves/Ortelius nomenclature. The Southwest is still largely unknown.

Condition Description: Light discoloration at centerfold

References: Burden 326; Cumming 53.

Related Categories:
Maps of Florida
Maps of Midwest America
Maps of the American South
Maps of Southeast America
Maps of Southwest America