Cartes pour servir a l'Histoire de la Nouvelle-France ou du Canada
MakerCompiled by
Louis Dussieux
(French, 1815 - 1894)
Date1851
MediumEngraving; black printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/2 x 11 3/8in. (19.1 x 28.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 5/8 x 12 5/8in. (21.9 x 32.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.90
DescriptionMap of Canada and the United States, from Hudson's Bay to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Carolinas to the south, and the Great Lakes to the west, primarily chronicling the French and Indian War. Three inset maps depict French forts on Hudson's Bay, Montreal, and the area around Quebec. The Quebec inset details various battles and military maneuvers in 1759, as explained by the legend.
Label TextThe production of historical maps for educational use was by no means limited to the United States. This map of showing the French colonies in America during the period before 1763 was included in Louis Dussieux's Atlas General de Geographie physique, politique, et historique, which was published in Paris in several volumes in the 1840s and 1850s. Such maps often had strongly nationalistic agendas and this map is no exception. Issued almost one hundred years after France lost its foothold in North America, it celebrates the glory that was New France, providing little detail about the British colonies which would ultimately determine the future of the North American continent. Neither Connecticut nor any of the other future New England states is even identified by name.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleStatus
Not on view
