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Map Map of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels in 1720 of Father Charlevoix of the Society of Jesus in Canada, Louisiana and Saint-Domingue. Carte de l'océan occidental et partie de l'Amérique septentrionale dressée pour l'intelligence du journal du voyage que le R.P. de Charlevoix de la Compagnie de Jesus a fait en 1720 au Canada, à la Louisiane & à St Domingue

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Title

  • Map of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels in 1720 of Father Charlevoix of the Society of Jesus in Canada, Louisiana and Saint-Domingue.

Other Title

  • Carte de l'océan occidental et partie de l'Amérique septentrionale dressée pour l'intelligence du journal du voyage que le R.P. de Charlevoix de la Compagnie de Jesus a fait en 1720 au Canada, à la Louisiane & à St Domingue

Summary

  • Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix was a French Jesuit priest who made a voyage to America in 1720-22. He had already taught in Quebec in 1705-9 and then was recalled to France. He departed Rochefort for New France on July 2, 1720, and arrived in Quebec on September 23 of that year. From there, he traveled to Montreal, Ontario, Niagara Falls, and as far as Lake Michigan. He then went down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, where he arrived on January 10, 1722. His vessel the Adour was shipwrecked in April 1722, making it impossible for him to reach his intended destination of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti). He traveled along the coast of Spanish Florida to Biloxi and then back to New Orleans, where he arrived on June 3, before eventually going to Cuba and Saint-Domingue, from where he departed for France. He arrived in Le Havre on December 26, 1722. He described his voyage in the third volume of his Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France (History and general description of New France), published in 1744. This map showing the route of Charlevoix's voyage is by Jacques Bellin (1703-72), a prolific cartographer attached to the French Marine Office. Bellin's maps and sea atlases reflect the careful mapping of bays, seas, and harbors that characterized 18th-century French naval cartography. The map is from the collection of the geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697--1782). It was given to King Louis XVI in 1782 and deposited in the National Library of France in 1924.

Names

  • Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772 Cartographer.
  • Desbrulins, F. Engraver.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1744.

Headings

  • -  France
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Haiti
  • -  Canada--Quebec
  • -  United States of America
  • -  United States of America--Florida
  • -  United States of America--Louisiana
  • -  1720 to 1722
  • -  Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761
  • -  France in America
  • -  France--Colonies
  • -  Jesuits
  • -  New France
  • -  Voyages and travels

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map ; 27 x 40 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of France.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021668641

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Chicago citation style:

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, Cartographer, and F. Engraver Desbrulins. Map of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels inof Father Charlevoix of the Society of Jesus in Canada, Louisiana and Saint-Domingue. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1744] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668641/.

APA citation style:

Bellin, J. & Desbrulins, F. E. (1744) Map of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels inof Father Charlevoix of the Society of Jesus in Canada, Louisiana and Saint-Domingue. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668641/.

MLA citation style:

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, Cartographer, and F. Engraver Desbrulins. Map of the Western Ocean and Part of Northern America Drawn up to Record the Travels inof Father Charlevoix of the Society of Jesus in Canada, Louisiana and Saint-Domingue. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1744] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668641/>.