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| Keywords: 1754 De Fonte Map of the Northwest Passage (America - Asia - Polar) - Geographicus - DeFonte-1754.jpg This hand colored map is entitled A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral De Fonte Others by M De L ™Isle and was published in Gentleman ™s Magazine 1754 This map depicts the mythical Northwest Sea Passage from Atlantic to Pacific proposed by many early navigators North of California are depicted such fascinating features as the Sea of the West Discovered by J De Fuca in 1592 and De Fontes Lake just west of Hudson Bay There are routes labeled for important early explorers who failed to get a real grasp of the region including Captian Tchirikow Routes of Rufses to Kamchatka passage of St Anthondy of Padua etc ¦ There are also many bodies of land described as Land seen by Rufses in 1742 or Land seen by M Spangburg in 1728 This map also depicts very important early assumptions regarding the Northern Polar Region This is a truly important map depicting the hopes and dreams of early American cartography 1754 Size in 10 8 object history credit line accession number DeFonte-1754 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Northwest Passage Maps in English Old maps of the Arctic 1754 maps Old maps of phantom islands Old maps of North America | ||||
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