Delisle, Carte du Canada (1703), 11055x8587. Beaver group drawn, unlabeled; 'Isles des Poutouatami' at Green Bay only.
Visual descriptionwritten by a machine · unchecked
A large engraved map fills the sheet, with coastlines, waterways, islands, inland boundaries, and numerous small printed labels. A highly detailed decorative cartouche with figures and ornamental scrollwork occupies the upper left. Green and blue coloring highlights portions of the geography.
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Gallica scan via Wikimedia Commons
11,055 × 8,587 px · JPEG · 13.6 MB
Subjects and keywords
Text in the image
Transcribed from the object itself.
CARTE DU CANADA OU DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE ET DES NOUVELLES DECOUVERTES QUI Y ONT ÉTÉ FAITES
Taken from the record
Not observed in the image — supplied by the archive's own catalogue, and repeated here so the two stay distinguishable.
Catalogued as a 1703 map attributed to Guillaume de l’Isle. The record identifies it as a Gallica scan distributed through Wikimedia Commons and notes that the Beaver group is depicted without a printed label.
Could not make out
Stated rather than guessed at.
Many of the small geographic labels and fine text are too small to read in this view.
Rights and credit
Public domain (Gallica scan via Commons, ark btv1b84933987)
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Provenance
- Held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Collection
- Historical maps — Wikimedia Commons scans
- Named on the record
- Gallica scan via Wikimedia Commons
- Date
- 1703
- Original
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Carte_du_Canada_ou_de_la_Nouvelle_France_et_des_Decouvertes_qui_y_ont_%C3%A9t%C3%A9_faites..._-_Par_Guillaume_de_l%27Isle..._%C3%A0_Paris%2C_1703_-_btv1b84933987.jpg
- Copy taken
- 2026-07-31
- Title from
- an article in this archive
The file
| Rendition | Format | Extent | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | JPEG | 11,055 × 8,587 px | 13.6 MB | aec6cd0dc3f8… |
Checksums are the values recorded when each copy was taken.
Download
- Web-sized image900 × 699 · 73 KB · WebP
- The full-resolution original, from Wikimedia Commons11,055 × 8,587 · 13.6 MB · JPEG
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In this archive
- Written aboutde l’Isle Carte du Canada, 1703
Cite this
Gallica scan via Wikimedia Commons. “de l’Isle Carte du Canada, 1703”. 1703. Wikimedia Commons. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/map/delisle-1703-carte-du-canada/. copy retrieved 2026-07-31.
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