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Map Nle. carte d'Amerique : dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques Nouvelle carte d'Amerique / Amerique septentrionale et meridionale :

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Title

  • Nle. carte d'Amerique : dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques

Other Title

  • Nouvelle carte d'Amerique
  • Amerique septentrionale et meridionale :

Names

  • Desnos, Louis-Charles, 1725-1805.

Created / Published

  • [Paris : L.C. Desnos, 1781]

Headings

  • -  Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Discoveries in geography--North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Western Hemisphere

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Originally published in 1770.
  • -  Prime meridian: Ferro.
  • -  Gift; Raymond Nasher; October, 1998.
  • -  Includes inset of the Bering Strait region, text in margin surrounding map, and col. ill.
  • -  Acquisitions control no. 1999-018

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 89 x 95 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3290 1781 .D4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010593251

Online Format

  • image

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Desnos, Louis-Charles. Nle. carte d'Amerique: dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques. [Paris: L.C. Desnos, 1781] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2010593251/.

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Desnos, L. (1781) Nle. carte d'Amerique: dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques. [Paris: L.C. Desnos] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2010593251/.

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Desnos, Louis-Charles. Nle. carte d'Amerique: dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques. [Paris: L.C. Desnos, 1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2010593251/>.