Ameriqve Septentrionale, 1650

Alternative Title:

Nicholas Sanson. Ameriqve Septentrionale. Paris, Chez l'Auteur et Chez Pierre Mariette. Colored map 39 x 56 cm. Scale ca. 1:17,000,000. From his Cartes Générales de Toutes les Parties du Monde, 1658 edition. [G3301 S1 1650 S2]. 

Description:

This is a larger scale, more detailed version of Sanson's 1644 map. Additional "real" placenames appear for the first time on a published map. The Native Americans of the Southwest are shown as four tribes, Apaches de Navajo, A. de Peryllos, A. Vaqueros, and A. de Xila; and, this is apparently the first published appearance of the word Navajo. Despite the new factual geographic information, which might lead one to believe that Sanson had seen a map derived from on-the-spot observation, his Rio del Norte still flows from a mythical lake southwesterly into the Gulf of California--his "Mar Vermejo"--and the Island of California conception has been retained.

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:

1650

Date Issued:

1650

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF

File Size:

132.94 MB