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The first state of Guillame de l’Isle’s 1718 Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi, one of the monuments in the mapping of North America. The map features the most advanced treatment of the Mississippi River watershed to date, a wealth of ethnographic information, the first mention of Texas on a printed map, […]
Dramatic map depicting northeastern North America between Baffin Bay and the latitude of Philadelphia. Shown are extensive details of settlements, forts, waterways (real and imagined), and native American territories. The large cartouche shows flora and fauna, native Americans, and French missionaries at work, all surmounted by the French fleur-de-lis. The strength of the impression and […]
![[Untitled hand fan with scenes celebrating La Salle’s expedition and attempted settlement in Texas, including a map of the area between the Trinity and Colorado Rivers.] England or France, ca. 1718-1750.](https://bostonraremaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BRM4056-Texas_LaSalle-hand-fan_recto_lowres-scaled-e1637030851290-150x150.jpg)
A remarkably lovely 18th-century hand fan bearing many illustrations and a curious map of Texas, all celebrating the final, fateful expedition of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643 – 1687). A stylized chronology of La Salle’s final expedition The front of the fan features a dramatic scene that can be divided into three chronologically […]
A rare and curious map of the Western Hemisphere, originally accompanying a geographical primer by Samuel Dunn. This complicated image depicts the Western Hemisphere on what Dunn called a “stereographic” projection. He intended this to mimic the visual and mathematical properties of globes, and their utility as teaching tools, without the expense. The map features […]