Canada Louisiane et Terres Angloises

Famous and important wall chart of north America on four unjoined sheets by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville with an elaborate title cartouche at top left. The chart extends from James Bay at the southern end of Hudson Bay, Canada to Louisiana in the south and west to Kansas. If joined the four sheets make up a single chart of approximately 950mm x 1225mm in size. Note: The fourth sheet which comprises solely the inset of; ‘Le Fleuve Saint-Laurent’ is sometimes missing. D’Anville’s chart is based on John Mitchell’s map published earlier in the same year with further information added, with a bias of French possessions. The map includes much detailed information along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers/ ‘Peouarias ou Pimitouis‘, a better representation of the Great Lakes. d’Anville’s chart would become the basis of other mapmakers maps of the area.

From D’Anville, [Atlas General]

References:
Cumming, #296; Kershaw, Vol II #625, Tooley, pp. 316-317  

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3701354