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1664 Boisseau Map of New England and Canada (1st to identify all 5 Great Lakes)
NouvelleFrance-boisseau-1664Lac St. Louis (Lake Ontario) leads upriver to a reduced size Lac Derie (Lake Erie), this was because Champlain, unaware of its size, had only second-hand knowledge to rely upon. This leads to a more recognizable Mer Dovce ou Lac (Lake Huron, the freshwater sea, and Grand Lac (Lake Superior). Lake Michigan is believed by some authorities to be represented by the river system leading into it from the south called Grand Riviere qui Vient du Midy. However, on Sanson's Map of 1650, Lake Michigan is represented by Lac des Puans, which is here named to the north-east of Grand Lac. On Champlain's map both Lakes Erie and Michigan were unnamed. Although the configuration and size of them are incorrect, this is the first map to delineate and identify all five Great lakes. The Ottawa River is named R. Des Algonmequins, and leads from I. de Montreal upriver to Lac des Biserenis (Lake Nipissing)
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...
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