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Carte contenant les nouvelles decouvertes de l'ouest en Canada: mers, rivieres, lacs, et nations qui y habitant en l'ann[ee] 1737
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Carte contenant les nouvelles decouvertes de l'ouest en Canada: mers, rivieres, lacs, et nations qui y habitant en l'ann[ee] 1737.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1737; approximately 1850]
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1 online resource (1 map).
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AM reference: VAULT drawer Ayer MS map 193
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
Not drawn on consistent scale. Note in red ink at bottom left, not present on original: Découverte de la mer de l'ouest. Joint à la lettre de Mr. Beauharnois du 14 8bre. 1737.
Original map, Service Hydrographique archives no. B 4044-39, accompanies La Vérendrye's 1736-1737 journal, presented to New France governor-general Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois.
Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library
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Summary
Tracing by Pierre Margry made c.1850 from 1737 manuscript map compiled for Pierre Gaultier de Varrenes, sieur de La Vérendrye, from Indian sources. Shows the Canadian Northwest and the West (U.S.), including the 'Couchant' river leading to the 'Mer Inconnue'; most detailed in the region roughly bounded by the western shore of Lake Superior, Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg, and the lower Saskatchewan, Assinibione, and Red Rivers. Identifies forts, villages, portages, mines, and tribal regions.
Variant and related titles
Indigenous histories and cultures in North America.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Maps & GIS / Online
Language
French
Added to Catalog
October 21, 2024
Series
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America
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Manuscript maps.
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