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Item
Number: 1970:02007.20
Date of
map: 1776
Place
of publication: Venice
Title:
Nuove
Scoperte De'Russi al Nord del Mare del Sud si nell Asia, che nell America [map
of the world north of the Tropic of Cancer]
Cartographer
(personal name): Zatta, Antonio
Height
(inches): 12.5
Width (inches): 16
This map shows locations
of ethnic groups and communities, and mentions the legendary Quivara (an
alternative name for southwestern North America). Shows New Albion in California.
Canada is broadly conceived, with waterways (?) across the north
related to the search for a Northwest Passage.
Includes illustrations of animal life.
Conical projection.
This
map forms part of the Cutter World Map Collection, collection C 003, at the Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis
College.
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Fort Lewis College
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