Sujet

North America divided into its III principall [sic] parts, 1685. Creator: Philip Lea.

Légende

North America divided into its III principall [sic] parts, 1685. This map, North America Divided into its III Principal Parts, was created in the late 17th century and reflects the contemporary knowledge of North America and neighboring regions in the early colonial era. It was drafted in 1685 by the English cartographer Philip Lea, who made several maps of North America in the course of a career in which he produced a wide range of maps and atlases. Some parts of the map bear their modern names. Others have names that are colorfully descriptive, such as Tract of Land full of Wild Bulls," "Mission of ye Recollect or Upstart Franciscan Friars," and "Chooaskaby or Nation of Strong Men." The map contains the names of rivers, lakes, cities, colonies, mission sites, forts, Native American territories, and known mountain ranges. The map has grid lines but no scale."

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A00_024

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

121,8Mo (8,9Mo) / 58,7cm x 52,0cm / 6930 x 6143 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city cities river rivers California North America building library historical fort New South Wales map mountain mountains mountain range lake lakes geography New Mexico color territorial colony colonies fortifications fortification native Native American Baroque MISSION location century Colonial cartography TERRITORY concept North American American Indian Library of Congress 17th century Connecticut United States of America Colour Hartford New Britain history historic seventeenth century colonialism geographical feature map-making TGN indigenous map Mapmaking united states Baroque Era Congressional Library Heritage Art 1680s cartographic Meeting of Frontiers Philip Lea Lea Philip