COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Pages, Pierre Marie François, 1748-1793
Author:
Bernard, Robert
Date:
1782
Short Title:
Carte d'une partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale
Publisher:
Moutard
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
43
Scale 1:
13,600,000
Note:
Uncolored map, showing part of Louisiana, Texas, the Gulf Coast and Mexico. Showing exploration routes, settlements, villages, missions, and rivers. Relief shown pictorially. Includes legend. Pages accompanied the Spanish Governor of Texas on a Journey from New Orleans to Natchitoches and on to San Antonio by way of the Red River in 1767. The book includes a 15 page account of Texas. Humboldt notes Pages' visit to Saltillo in 1767 in his seminal work on New Spain. The map tracks Pages journey from New Orleans to Acapulco, first up the Red River, then overland, identifying a number of Missions and other settlements and Indian Villages in Texas and Louisiana.
World Area:
North America
Country:
Mexico
State/Province:
Texas
State/Province:
Louisiana
Region:
Gulf of Mexico
Subject:
Exploration
Full Title:
Carte d'une partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale : qui contient partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane, pour servir aux voyages au tour du Monde et vers les deux Poles, faits par M. de Pages ... ; Benard direxit. (to accompany) Atlas Les voyages de Pages (from ) Pages' Voyages autour du Monde, et vers les deux Poles.
List No:
11230.003
Page No:
2
Series No:
3
Engraver or Printer:
Aubers, J.B.L.
Publication Author:
Pages, Pierre Marie François, 1748-1793
Publication Author:
Bernard, Robert
Pub Date:
1782
Pub Title:
Atlas Les voyages de Pages (from ) Pages' Voyages autour du Monde, et vers les deux Poles.
Pub Note:
9 uncolored maps, folded and bound in hard cover with manuscript title to accompany Pages's extensive narrative of travel and exploration. Library does not have the book (but see links to scanned book in Reference field below). Pages (1748-1793) was born in Toulouse and had an noteworthy career in the French navy, including several years spent traveling in Texas and Mexico (his account is considered one of the more important early works on Texas particularly, and indeed the English translation of 1791 is thought to be the oldest description of the Lone Star State in an English-language book).
Pub List No:
11230.000
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Pub Maps:
9
Pub Height cm:
35
Pub Width cm:
29
Image No:
11230003.jp2
Authors:
Pages, Pierre Marie François, 1748-1793; Bernard, Robert
