"Avec privil, "The words 'premier geographe du Roi' added in the title ... [indicate] that [a map] could not have been issued before 1718 when [De l'Isle] was appointed to that office"--Tooley, R.V. Guide to maps of Africa, p. 68., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
chez l'auteur fur le Quai de l'Horloge a l'Aigle d'Or,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Includes text regarding first European discoveries., Relief shown pictorially., and Yale copy accompanied by: Description du fameux Cap de Bonne Esperance / par N. de Fer. -- 1 leaf ; 28 x 40 cm.
Letters from missions. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des missions étrangères.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Coordinates are approximated., Imperfect: torn along fold, with some loss of text., Relief shown pictorially., Shows northern Sea of Cortes and adjacent lands, with California connected to mainland., and The map appeared in 1705 in volume 5 of the series "Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des missions étrangères."
Publisher:
[F. Kino],
Subject (Geographic):
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)--Maps--Early works to 1800. and California, Gulf of (Mexico)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
