Digital Image: 1664 Boisseau Map of New England and Canada (1st to identify all 5 Great Lakes)
NouvelleFrance-boisseau-1664_d
Title
Description de la Nouvelle France, ou, sont remarquées les diverses habitations des françois, despuis la première descouverte jusques à present, receuillie et dressée sur diverses relations modernes.
1664 (dated) 17.5 x 21 in (44.45 x 53.34 cm) 1 : 9000000
1664 (dated) 17.5 x 21 in (44.45 x 53.34 cm) 1 : 9000000
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
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How Large Can I Print?
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Refunds
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Cartographer
Jean Boisseau (fl. c. 1631 – 1657) was a French cartographer, publisher and enlumineur (colorist) active in the middle of the 17th century. Boisseau produced a number of important maps and atlases, including his 1643 reduction of Champlain's map, entitled Description de la Nouvelle France, identified as the first to name all five of the Great Lakes. He also produced the famous Colonel's Plan of Paris, and an important atlas, Tresor des Cartes Geographiques, arguably the first French world atlas. He held the post of Enlumineur du Roy pour les cartes geographiques and his work as a colorist is evident in map maps of the period from Royal libraries. More by this mapmaker...
References
OCLC 23836147, 728356040. Burden, P., The Mapping of America: A List of Printed Maps, 1151-1670, #261. Kershaw, K. A., Early Printed Maps of Canada, no. 83.