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Grande Riviere de Canada, appellée par les Europeans De St. Laurens

Description: Kashnor notes, "a rare French chart with the soundings." Contains submaps. Kashnor dates as ca. 1690. Submaps: Channel east of Isle de Orleans; l'Isle Rouge; Quebec to Lake Ontario extension; Havre St. Nicolas; Les Septe Isles. Vignette: view of traverse between Cape Tourmente and l'Isle de Orleans.. Prime meridian: Quebec. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Watermark: Beads with cross. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 358.
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Date: ca. 1690
Call number: 093:358 M
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