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Nouvelle Carte des Descouvertes Faites par des vaisseaux russes aux côtes inconnues...

1754

Detail of a printed map shows text in French, latitude and longitude lines, and small mountains.

Le pilote de l'isle de Saint-Domingue et des débouquemens de cette isle…

1788

Detail of a printed map shows decorative elements such a sun, a person carrying arrows, ships and fish at sea, a scale, and a key with text in French at the bottom of the map.

Carte geographique de la Nouvelle France

Samuel de Champlain

1612

Detail of an engraved map shows the direction of flow of the "Golfe de Floride." Other text in French labels nearby landmarks such as "Isles de Bahama.'

The Gulf Stream flowing northwards…

Benjamin Franklin

1778

Detail of a printed atlas shows a full-page map.

Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les côtes, les et bancs, les baies, ports, et mouillages,...

Buache de la Neuville

1780

stained title page of a printed pamphlet with a blue cover

Calendrier pour l’année 1807

1806-1807

Detail of a printed book shows a page with text in French and an illustration on the opposite page.

Code Noir: ou Recueil d’edits, déclarations et arrets concernant les Esclaves Nègres de l’Amérique

1743

Detail of a printed book shows text in French.

Lettre aux Espagnols-Américains

Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzman

1799

View of the fort and watchtower or lookout at Cayenne, Guiana. Includes fortifications, ships, boats, dwellings, and barracks.

Fellow's Talk

“Vast Forests of Clove”: Spice Production in French Guiana, 1790-1848

Wednesday, September 15 at 1:00pm

A detail from the "Carte Physique de la Grande Mer"

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Philippe Buache, “Carte Physique de la Grande Mer ci-devant nommée Mer du Sud ou Pacifique…” from Cartes et tables de la géographie physique ou naturelle: présentées au roi le 15 mai 1757, Paris: 1770

August 30, 2021

Cartouche of the map “La Louisiane…” made in 1695 by Vincenzo Coronelli

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Vincenzo Coronelli, “Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France…” Paris : Chez J.B. Nolin, 1688

June 30, 2021

Guided show-and-tell

Autour du Monde: A Guided Tour

Tuesday, November 15 at 3:00pm

In House

"Réponse de M. Duchilleau..."

February 15, 2019

19th century botanical guide by auguste de saint-hilaire

Plantes Usuelles des Brasiliens (Paris, 1824)

November 1, 2017

photograph of the spine and first page of la cosmography vniuerselle d'André theuet, a book printed in Paris in 1575

Conserving La cosmographie vniuerselle d'André Theuet

May 1, 2017