Carte contenant les nouvelles decouvertes de l'ouest en Canada : mers, rivieres, lacs, et nations qui y habitant en l'ann[ee] 1737. [ca. 1850]

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Carte contenant les nouvelles decouvertes de l'ouest en Canada : mers, rivieres, lacs, et nations qui y habitant en l'ann[ee] 1737. [ca. 1850]

Shows the Canadian Northwest and the West (U.S.), including the "Couchant" river leading to the "Mer Inconnue"; most detailed in the region roughly bounded by the western shore of Lake Superior, Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg, and the lower Saskatchewan, Assinibione, and Red Rivers. Identifies forts, villages, portages, mines, and tribal regions.

1 ms. map ; 683 x 592 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7368546

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