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[Le Nouveau Mexique appele aussi nouvelle grenade et Marata. Auec Partie de Californie.]
Messico, ouvero Nuova-Spagna : che contiene il Nuovo Messico, la California con una parte de paesi adjacenti
Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c. : et autres provinces jusques a l'Isthme de Panama, ou sont les Audiences de Mexico, de Guadalaiara, et de Guatimala /
Carte du Mexique ou de la Nlle. Espagne contenant aussi le Nouveau Mexique, la Californie, avec une partie des pays adjacents
Mexico, or, New Spain : divided into the audiance of Guadalayara, Mexico, and Guatimala, Florida.
Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c : et autres provinces jusques a l'Isthme de Panama, ou sont les Audiences de Mexico, de Guadalaiara, et de Guatimala
Mexico, or, New Spain : divided into the audiance of Guadalayara, Mexico, and Guatimala, Florida.
Mexico, or, New Spain : divided into the audiance of Guadalayara, Mexico, and Guatimala, Florida.
Carte du Mexique et de la Nouvelle Espagne : contenant la partie australe de l'Amérique Septentle. /
Le nouveau Mexique, appelé aussi Nouvelle Grenade et Marata, avec partie de Californie : selon les memoires les plus nouveaux /
Summary
Relief shown pictorially.
Has watermarks.
"Avec privilege du Roy, 168."
Wheat, C.I. Mapping of the transmississippi West, 66
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Includes "Avertissement," list of provinces and notable towns, text, and decorative cartouche.
In the 17th century, maps took a huge leap forward. Mathematical and astronomical knowledge necessary to make accurate measurements had evolved. English mathematicians had perfected triangulation: navigation and surveying by right-angled triangles. Triangulation allowed navigators to set accurate courses and produced accurate land surveys. Seamen learned to correct their compasses for declination and had determined the existence of annual compass variation. Latitude determination was greatly improved with the John Davis quadrant. The measurement of distance sailed at sea was improved by another English invention, the common log. Longitudinal distance between Europe and Québec was determined by solar and lunar eclipses by the Jesuit Bressani in the 1640s and by Jean Deshayes in 1686. With accurate surveys in Europe, the grid of the modern map began to take shape.