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Claude Bernou Carte de lAmerique septentrionale
Bernou, Claude (b. 16..–d. 17..), Abbot
circa 1681
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- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Uploaded by David.Monniaux
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Map of the northern part and parts of the southern parts of the America, from the mouth of the Saint Laurent River to the Island of Cayenne,with the new discoveries of the Mississipi (or Colbert) River. This map shows the results of the expeditions of Father Marquette and L. Jolliet (1673) and the Cavelier de la Salle expedition in the Mississipi valley. The map shows three forts built between 1679 and 1680: Conty fort (near Niagara Falls), Miamis Fort (south of Michigan lake), and Crèvecœur fort (Left bank of the Illinois River). Mississippi river course is only shown upstream of Ohio confluence. Also featured: Iroquois, indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes Region, Susquehannock, Powhatan
