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| Keywords: 1772 Vaugondy and Diderot Map the North America illustrating Cluny's Voyages - Geographicus - NorthAmericaCluny-vaugondy-1772.jpg A very interesting 1772 map of North America and Greenland with adjacent parts of Europe and Asia This map was drawn by Vaugondy to illustrate the mythical voyage of Captain Cluny Depicts North America from above the Arctic Circle to the Gulf of Mexico including an embryonic depiction of present day Alaska Shows a supposed Northwest Passage extending from Repulse Bay to the mythical Arctic Cape Fowler To the east is Greenland part of the European continent and the northern portion of Africa This map is part of the 10 map series prepared by Vaugondy for the Supplement to Diderot ™s Encyclopédie of which this is plate 10 This seminal map series exploring the mapping of North American and specifically the Northwest Passage was one of the first studies in comparative cartography 1772 dated 1769 Size in 21 16 object history credit line accession number NorthAmericaCluny-vaugondy-1772 Supplement to Diderot's <i>Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers </i> or Vaugondy's <i>Recueil de 10 Cartes Traitant Particulierement de L'Amerique du Nord</i> 1779 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Robert de Vaugondy Old maps of North America 1772 maps Old maps of the Arctic Maps in French Northwest Passage | ||||
