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D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon (1697-1782). Partie Occidentale du Canada et Septentrionale de la Louisiane avec une Partie de la Pensilvanie. Venice: Paolo Santini 1775. Approx. 19 x 23 in. print area (and sight); framed and glazed. Outline color around lakes and on pictorial relief; large hand-colored title cartouche with acanthus strapwork and hanging branches. Place names in French. The map illustrates most of the five Great Lakes, the southern tip of James Bay, and part of the interior river system just past the confluence of the Missouri and Illinois with the Mississippi River. D'Anville was well known in his day for his accuracy in map production. Although he never left Paris, he was in a position to gain information coming in from traders and explorers. Many relied on his maps, particularly of the southern part of the continent. Jefferson was trying to obtain d'Anville's Carte de la Louisiane (1732) around the time of the purchase of that territory by the United States, as was Meriwether Lewis before starting on his expedition west. (Note, it was still the most accurate map available nearly three-quarters of a century after its production.) It is unknown whether Jefferson ever located the map, but he owned at least seven other d'Anville maps. This map, like many French maps, includes many names of American Indian peoples and places. Provenance: Property of Another Consignor Condition: Not removed from frame for examination. A few spots of toning and central vertical band of light toning. Otherwise appears to be fine.