Collection  C 003: Cutter World Map Collection: Map of North America, 1750 click here to search map descriptions To thumbnail

                  Item Number: 1970:02007.08          Date of map: 1750  

Title: An accurate map of North America drawn from the Sieur Robert, with improvements

   Cartographer (personal name): Robert, Sieur                 Height (inches): 8.5   Width (inches): 14

   This 18th century map (not dated) includes mention of the westward extension of the southern American colonies and shows locations of communities in the Southwest, East Coast, and Central America.  It depicts Canada as a large area to the north of the U.S., California as a peninsula, and Greenland as a peninsula separated from North America by the Davis Straits.  The entire northwestern part of North America is unmapped.  The map includes a few notes regarding historical explorations.  Curved projection.  

This map forms part of the Cutter World Map Collection, collection C 003, at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College.
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