Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Explorers' Maps of the Great Lakes and Their Influence on Subsequent Cartography of the Region

When the French coureurs des bois and missionaries began to penetrate the interior of North America around the middle of the seventeenth century, they were confronted with a hydrological system of remarkable complexity, unique in the world. Some hints of the relationship of the five Great Lakes had...

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Authors: Kupfer, Carl (Author) ; Buisseret, David 1934- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-70
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBQ North America
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
Further subjects:B Canada
B Jean-Baptiste Franquelin
B New France
B Jacques Marquette
B Lake Superior
B Guillaume Delisle
B Claude Dablon
B Jesuit Cartography
B Claude Allouez
B Claude Delisle
B Louis Jolliet
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