Van Loon

This item is a rectangular copper engraving of a map of North America, from the Mississipi to the Atlantic, with separate descriptive text from the "Atlas Curieux" displayed above. A box at the right edge of the map gives coordinates of Quebec, the mouth of the Mississippi, la Havane, and Plaisance, Newfoundland. The map shows the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and Canada, including Newfoundland and Labrador; the Gulf of Mexico; and the Caribbean Islands. It shows Florida, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes and Quebec. Florida, the Caribbean Islands, and the top of Cuba are outlined in green; New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia are outlined in beige; Newfoundland and New France, including Louisiana, are edged in light yellow. Mountians are shown pictorially. The map shows the locations of forts and has tiny illustrations of buildings at some settlements, such as Quebec City. It uses stippling and labels to show the fishing banks off the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The map has a compass rose with rhumb lines and, below the title, a bar scale in French units. The title appears inside a rectangular cartouche. James W. Macnutt Collection. Additional associations Frame HF.94.84.5 A