L'Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties, ou sont distingués les uns des autres Les Etats suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentemet aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois, tirée des Relations de toutes ces nation

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IdentifierMaps_54aDate1674DescriptionAccording to Jean Delanglez (Espíritu Santo, pages 92-108), this map was of utmost importance to Gulf coast cartography. It influenced European geographers and later explorers of the Mississippi Valley. La Salle, for example, presumably carried a copy of the map with him when he descended the Mississippi in 1682 (ibid. page 103). The maps varies from the elder Sanson's maps of America, in that the largest river shown flowing into the Bahía del Espíritu Santo is Garcilasco de la Vega's "Chucagua." Between that bay and Rio de Palmas are located (east to west): "R. de Monanas," "C. d'Arboledo" at the mouth of the unnamed river, "R. de la Madalena," and a large unnamed river. This last river is probably the Rio Grande, as a tributary named "Rio Conches" flows into it. That name has been in use since the seventeenth century (see, for example, Dunn, page 67). Sanson probably associated this unnamed river not with the "Rio Bravo," or Rio Grande, but with the Rio Escondido, which La Salle believed to be the Mississippi. The configuration for the river is much more primitive than on Nicolosi's map of 1660-1670, and Sanson shows several settlements located along a "R. del Norte" that flows through "Noveau Mexique" to the "Mer Rouge," or present-day Gulf of California. Language NoteFrenchSubjectCalifornia--MapsCaribbean Area--MapsCentral America--MapsCoasts--Atlantic Coast--MapsCoasts--Caribbean Area--MapsCoasts--Mexico, Gulf of--MapsCuba--MapsFlorida--MapsMexico, Gulf of--MapsMexico--MapsPuerto Rico--MapsTexas--MapsWest Indies--MapsYucatán Peninsula--MapsCopyright StatementNo Copyright – Non-Commercial Use OnlySize60x89 centimeters.CartographerGuillaume Sanson

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L'Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties, ou sont distingués les uns des autres Les Etats suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentemet aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois, tirée des Relations de toutes ces nation

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L'Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties, ou sont distingués les uns des autres Les Etats suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentemet aux François, Castillans, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois, tirée des Relations de toutes ces nation