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Didier Robert De Vaugondy: Canada, Louisiane, Possessions Angl? Par Robert de Vaugondy . . .1762 [Large Bay of the West Inset]
Title: Canada, Louisiane, Possessions Angl? Par Robert de Vaugondy . . .1762 [Large Bay of the West Inset] Map Maker: Didier Robert De Vaugondy
Description: First state of this interesting map of the the British Territories, Florida and Louisiana, at the end of the French & Indian War. Includes a large inset of the NW Coast of North America, showing a large Sea of the West and continuous water routes to Hudson Bay from the Pacific, as well as the Straits of Anian, Quivera, Teguaio and other mid 18th Century Western and Northwestern cartographic features. Nice detail in the US and Canada. Many Indian Tribes and French Forts located in the Old Northwest and west of the Mississippi. Cansez is shown. Two Floridas. An interesting map showing the transitional knowledge and powers in North America.
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