Matthäus Albrecht Lotter (1741–1810). Partie...Canada. 1755 Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne English surveying and mapmaking methods

English surveying and mapmaking methods developed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530 when large amounts of formerly Church land came onto the onto the private market were employed and refined in North America

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Matthäus Albrecht Lotter (1741–1810). Partie...Canada. 1755 Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne English surveying and mapmaking methodsJohann Baptist Homann (16641724)Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du CanadaNuremberg: Homann Heirs, circa 1755Hand colored copperplate engravingSheet size: 23 x 19 inches A visually stunning and highly decorative map of northeastern North America, this work by the Homann Heirs captures the geopolitical drama of the French and Indian War era. Focusing on New France, Acadia, and New England, it extends from the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay to the