Americqve Septentrionale, 1644

Alternative Title:

Nicholas Sanson. Americqve Septentrionale. Paris, Pierre Mariette,1644?. Colored map 20 x 28 cm. Scale ca. 1:25,000,000. From his Cartes Générales de Toutes les Parties du Monde, 1645 edition. [G3301 S1 1644 S2].

Description:

Sanson, geographer to the French King, created this curious map of North America combining some new factual information with the older mythical geography . The map is apparently the first to show the location of the Apache Indians and the villages of Santa Fe (he incorrectly located it on the west side of the Rio Grande) and Socorro. This map also carries on the seventeenth century tradition, started in about 1625, of portraying California as an island. The location of the Rio Grande continues to be geographically inaccurate, flowing into the Gulf of California--Sanson's "Mar Vermejo". Sanson (1600-1667) has been called the founder of the French school of Geography. His business in Paris was continued by his sons Nicholas, Adrian and Guillaume.

Creator:

Nicholas Sanson

Provider:

University of Arizona

Resource Class:

Collections, Datasets, Imagery, and Maps

Resource Type:

Early maps, Manuscript maps, Cartographic materials, and Pictorial maps

Subject:

Historic map and Pimeria Alta

Temporal Coverage:

1644

Date Issued:

1644

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF

File Size:

116.95 MB