[Carte d'une Mer de l'Ouest]. [1717]

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[Carte d'une Mer de l'Ouest]. [1717]

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Unsigned map of North America highlighting the theoretical presence of a northwestern sea emptying into the Pacific Ocean; includes the legendary city of Quivira. Accompanies ms. copy of a 17 p. memoir by Guillaume de L'Isle: Conjectures sur l'existence d'une mer dans la partie occidentale du Canada et du Mississipi; cites the work of Pierre Charles Le Sueur and Louis de la Porte de Louvigny. Forms part of a collection of French transcripts variously dated 1702-1750: Memoranda on French colonies in America, including Canada, Louisiana, and the Carribean (Ayer MS 293 v. 2 p. 133).

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 146 x 138 mm.

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library)

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Le Sueur, Pierre Charles, b. 1657.

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L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.

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Louvigny, Louis de la Porte de, ca. 1662-1725.

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