French travellers in North America
From the quest for freedom to the pursuit of modernity: America as a country of inspiration, disenchantment and concern. French travellers in North America from the War of Independence to the late 19th century.
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The “Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine”
Many French maps of North America can now be found in the collection of the Service Hydrographique de la Marine at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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French cartography of the Mississippi River
The Mississippi, which means Great River in Ojibwe, was absent from European maps for a surprising number of years, despite the broad extent of the lands irrigated by the river and the number of Indigenous territories it ...
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The Mississippi Delta
The most recent land in North America, the Mississippi Delta formed over the past 7,000 years.
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French cartography of the Saint Lawrence River
The oldest known maps of the Saint Lawrence River are the work of Norman cartographers who collected information from sailors who had navigated the Atlantic Ocean.
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