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Cartes Marines Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library)
Veuë du camp de la concession de Monseigneur Law, au Nouveaux Biloxy, coste de la Louisianne
by Jean-Baptiste Michel Le Bouteux
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 3 libraries worldwide View of the settlement at Biloxi, Mississippi associated with the Company of the Indies (Compagnie des Indes) and John Law's failed land speculation scheme in French colonial Louisiana, commonly know as the Mississippi Bubble. View taken from offshore; bottom margin includes references A-I, L-T, V, X-Z, and &.
Plan du Fort Frontenac ou Cataracouy
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Details Fort Frontenac (previously the Indian village of Cataraqui), later to become the site of Kingston in Ontario. Includes the footprints of the fort and its well, gardens, outbuildings, stone kiln, adjacent Indian cabins, and a pictorial drawing (45 x 110 mm.): Elevation des cabannes sauvages.
Graues a bas bort de lentrée du Port de Lacadie : auec les profils sur les lignes AQ, BQ et letat au quelles on propose de les mettre ; Plan de lentree du bassin du Port Royal a Lacadie
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1 edition published in 1708 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Shows proposed fortifications at the entrance to Port Royal (later renamed Annapolis Royal), on the northern coast of Annapolis Basin (Nova Scotia), roughly bounded by the twentieth century sites of Port Wade and Black Point; includes 2 inset profiles of the proposed works and references A-E, G, H, LL, and DE. The second map, drawn at a smaller scale, details the entrance of Annapolis Basin; includes references A, B, D, and O. Both maps apparently made in response to English naval raid of 1707.
Plan profil et elevation du Fort Condé de la Mobille
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Shows Mobile and Fort Condé (later renamed Fort Charlotte); includes 4 lines of notes keyed to references A-D and profile of the fort (115 x 493 mm.).
Carte de l'entrée de la Baye de Saint Louis : nommée par les espagnols St. Bernard ou l'on a marqué exactement la quantité de pieds d'eau que l'on y trouue, et la route que l'on doit tenir pour y entrer
by Valentin Devin
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart of Aransas Bay on the Texas coast, named St. Louis Bay in the mistaken belief that it was the site of the failed Gulf coast colony established in 1685 by Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle.
Carte dv fleuve Saint Louis ou Mississipy dix lieves au dessus de la Nouvelle Orleans iusqu'a son embouchure
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1 edition published in 1723 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Shows the Mississippi River Delta and adjacent region later comprising Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Includes inset map detailing the delta's main channels (271 x 386 mm.): Carte particuliere de l'embouchure du fleuve Saint Louis.
Plan du Port au Prince : situé entre les quartiers du Cul de Sac et du Troubourdet de St. Dominique
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1 edition published in 1710 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart of the Bay of Port-au-Prince, showing several small islands immediately offshore (later lost to landfill?); depths shows with soundings. Includes references A-E.
Carte de lisle de Nieve
by Beauvilliers
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1 edition published in 1703 in French and held by 1 library worldwide
Partie du Dètroit de Magellan : contenant depuis la Cap Fourchu iusqu'a la Nouvelle Riviere
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1 edition published in 1710 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Map of the central section of the Strait of Magellan. Continued east and west on adjacent sheets (Ayer MS map 30, sheets 51 and 53).
Partie de l'est de l'Archipel des Jndes
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart and map of the coasts of Southeastern Asia, roughly bounded by Taiwan, southeastern China, most of Borneo, eastern Java, Flores, Celebes, and most of the Philippines. Continued on adjacent sheet to include southern China, Hainan, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, western Java, and western Borneo (Ayer MS map 30, sheet 48).
Carte de l'isle de Iava ou sont les villes de Batauia et Bantam
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart detailing the coast and outlying islands of northwestern Java (Indonesia) from the Anyer-Lor region (previously Anjer or Anger) eastward past Tanjung Pujut (previously St. Nicholas Point) to the cape at Tanjung Karawang (previously Krawang or Baloeboek); includes generalized town plans of Jakarta (previously Batavia) and Banten (previously Bantam).
Carte de l'Isle d'Orleans ou Polo Condor
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Shows Côn Đa̕o Island (previously named Isle d'Orleans, Polo Condor, and Côn Sơn Island), about 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Vietnam's Cà Mau Peninsula in the South China Sea. Lettered locations A-E, H, K, M, N, and Z described in 15 lines of text at top.
Suite de Cambodia, ou se trouuent la Cochinchine, et un partie de Borneo
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart of the South China Sea, detailing the coasts of northern Vietnam and northern Borneo. Continued westward on adjacent sheet to include the Gulf of Thailand (Ayer MS map 30, sheet 36).
Carte de la suite des Isles de Sumatra et Mallaca
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart of the Strait of Malacca and north central coast of Sumatra. Continued northward to coast of Malaya on adjacent sheet (Ayer MS map 30, sheet 34).
Carte des Isles de Mallaca et Sumatra en partie : le reste est dans la carte suivante
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1 edition published in 1720 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart of the Strait of Malacca and southern coast of Malaya. Continued southward to coast of Sumatra on adjacent sheet (Ayer MS map 30, sheet 35).
Carte de la presqu'isle des Indes faisant partie des etats du Grand Mogol : partie meridionale
by Boucher
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1 edition published in 1724 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart of the Indian coast (south of 11 ̊north) and the Indian Ocean islands of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), Lakshadweep and Maldives.
Plan de lattaque des retranchem[en]ts et du Fort de Mahé
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1 edition published in 1726 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Shows fort on the Malabar Coast of southeastern India, named for French marine captain Bertrand-Franc̦ois Mahé de La Bourdonnais, who captured the site in 1726.
Carte des costes d'Afrique
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1 edition published in 1640 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart detailing the eastern African and Middle Eastern coastlines between the Cape of Good Hope and southern Iran, including the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Madagascar, and various Indian Ocean islands. Tentatively dated ca. 1640 because most place names are in Portuguese, and there is no indication of the French occupation of Madagascar.
Isle de France
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1 edition published in 1715 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Shows Mauritius (formerly Isle de France or Maurice) in the Mascarene Islands. Includes inset nautical chart (500 x 468 mm., scale ca. 1:100,000, references A-M) and profile view (45 x 558 mm.) of the region around the French fort and factory at Mahebourg.
Plan du Fort d'Auphin situé par 24: degrez de latitude sud et par 69d: 10:́ de longitude
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1 edition published in 1670 in French and held by 1 library worldwide Nautical chart and map of the region around Fort-Dauphin, established in 1643 by the Compagnie d'Orient on the southeast coast of Madagascar, and later the site of Tôlanarö. Identifies the footprints of Forts Arguain, Bechon, Dauphin, du Nez, and Martimont . Includes pictorial drawings of a ship at anchor, the nearby Village d'Imbert, and buildings adjacent to the forts. more
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