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1801 Tardieu Map of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Isthmus
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Title
1801 (undated) 8 x 17.5 in (20.32 x 44.45 cm) 1 : 177000
Description
This map was issued to accompany Saint Jean de Crèvecoeur's Voyage dans le Haute Pennsylvanie et dans l'Etat de New York, a little known but important work providing some of the earliest descriptions of American Indians living in and around Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. It was engraved by Pierre François Tardieu and drawn by Giraldon.
Cartographer
Edward Camy (1904 – 1958) was a California based illustrator and graphic artist active in the first half of the 20th century. Camy did extensive work for the Alaska Steamship Line and the Santa Fe Railroad. He also produced graphic advertisements for Dole Pineapple and Signal Gasoline. He cartographic work is limited to only a few mops, most in the cartoonish style of his most famous work, A Good-Natured Map of Alaska. Camy was born in Fresno, California and lived most of his life in San Francisco. More by this mapmaker...