#l'amerique septentrionale

[76historylover]

Looking at the map of "L'Amérique Septentrionale" and the way they spelt Pennsylvania sent me

#crapaleksposts #crapalekssays #history #historyblr #pennsylvania chronicles #pennsylvania #french history #american history #l'amerique septentrionale #1776

[agslibrary]

Tonight we're hosting an event with Boswell Books! It features Nathaniel

Philbrick, author of In the Hurricanes Eye. To celebrate his book, check out this 1778 French map of the East Coast: Carte Reduite Des Cotes Orientales De L'amerique Septentrionale. The Battle of Yorktown in 1780 changed the course of the Revolutionary War in large part thanks to the French.

For more information about tonight's event at 6:30, check out: https://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/events

#history #maps #library #librariesofinstagram #maplibrary #cartography #france #eastcoast #revolutionarywar #revolution

[smithsonianlibraries]

Hey East Coasters, are you ready for winter storm Stella? Perhaps snow shoes might come in handy?

This image is from Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale, t.1 (1753) by Claude-Charles Le Roy Bacqueville de la Potherie. The caption translates to “Canadians going to war on snowshoes.”

See all four volumes in the Biodiversity Library, and read more on the author and book in The Dictionary of Canadian biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

#snow #snowshoes #Canada #history #Stella #winter

[victoriacooperantiqueprints]

‘Carte des Lacs du Canada. Dressée sur les Manuscrits du Depost des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la Marine et sur le Journal du RP. de Charlevoix. Par N. Bellin Ingenieur et Hydrographe de la Marine 1744.’ was drawn by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) and engraved in copper for “Histoire de la Nouvelle France. Tome III. Journal d'un Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi dans L'Amerique Septentrionalle, Adressé a Madame la Duchesse De Les Diguieres. Par le P. De Charlevoix, de la Compagnie de Jesus. Tome Troisieme. Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roi.” by Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761). It was published by Chez Rollin Fils out of Quai des Augustins, à Saint Athanase, & au Palmier, Paris, in 1744. This being the third edition. It measures 11 3/8 x 18 1/4 inches. Such a wonderful piece of history. 🗺🏕🖼 (at Great Lakes)