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• Title:A general map of the discoveries of Admiral de Fonte & others / by M. de l'Isle.
  
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• Related Title:Gentleman's magazine,
  
• Author/Creator:L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768, cartographer.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Cave, Richard, -1766, editor.
  Cave, Robert Otway, 1796-1844, editor.
  Andrew McCormick Collection.
  
• Published/Created:[London] : [Printed for D. Henry and R. Cane], 1754.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G9235 1754 .L57
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Fonte, Bartolommeo, 1445-1513.
  Fuca, Juan de la, -1602.
  Geographical myths--Maps.
  Arctic regions--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Canada, Western--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Siberia, Eastern (Russia)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  California--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Northwest, Pacific--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  Northwest Passage--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  
• Description:Scale approximately 1:26,611,200 (E 147°--E 303°/N 80°--N 40°).
  1 map ; 19 x 26 cm.
  
• Summary:Traces tracks of Russian explorers; mythical discoveries of Juan de Fuca, De Fonte, etc. De Fonte claimed to have crossed North American from the Pacific to Hudson Bay through the legendary northwest passage. Joseph-Nicholas de l'Isle accepted the story together with Russian discoveries in Alaska. It took 20 years to disprove this map which was published as late as 1784.
  
• Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_278.
  
• Notes:Relief shown pictorially.
  Map removed from source: Gentleman's Magazine. volume 24 (March) 1754. Top margin at left: "Gent. Mag." and at right "March & Apr. 1754".
  Prime meridian: Ferro.
  Editors: David Henry and Richard Cave.