Antique Map of Florida and the Southeast by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues - 1591
by Blue Monocle
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Antique Map of Florida and the Southeast by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues - 1591
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Blue Monocle
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Drawing - Engraving
Description
Le Moyne traveled to what is now the southeastern United States as part of Rene de Laudonniere's 1564 expedition to map the coastline, harbors and towns. This map shows the Florida region and the coastline to the northeast, Port Royal, Fort Caroline, Cuba, rivers, native villages, and other geographical entities, and remained the definitive map of the region for 100 years after it was published though the map contains numerous inaccuracies. The northeast coast extends too far east, and the map shows the Sea of Verrazano at the top, a great inland sea thought by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano to lie to the west of the Outer Banks of North Carolina before the mainland in that area had been explored. Lake George in Florida and the Okefenokee Swamp seem to be shown, and the Appalachian Mountains (Montes Apalatci) are clearly labeled below the depiction of the Sea of Verrazano. Original title: Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens et Exactissima Descriptio (Recent and Accurate Map of Florida, Province of America)
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