North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, Improved – Vintage Wall Art
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This historic image of North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, Improved brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, Improved
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Unlike the city views on this board, this is a map, and it covers the whole continent rather than a single town. It is an English version of work by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, the French geographer whose maps were among the most respected of his day, and the word "improved" signals that the English publisher revised the original with newer reports. Maps like this helped readers in Britain and the colonies picture the interior, including lands along the Mississippi and beyond the Appalachians, and they were consulted in disputes over colonial boundaries. Notice how sketchy the western regions remain, a reminder of how little European mapmakers actually knew about the continent's interior.
| Original scan | 7,206 × 6,250 px · prints to 24 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1775 French English |
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