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Title: Carte d'une partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale ... Publication: Voyages autour du Monde et vers les deux Poles par Terre et par Mer Born of noble family, a French naval officer, Pierre Marie François de Pages, made a five-year voyage around the world, between 1767 and 1771. Subsequently he took part in a two year voyage to the South Pole, between 1773 and 1774. Finally he made a trip to the North Pole in 1776. These voyages were recounted in his publication of 1782. Perhaps of the most interesting part of his trip was his horseback traverse of Texas in 1767 as shown by a line marked on this map. Pages accompanied the Spanish Governor of Texas on a journey from New Orleans to Natchitoches and on to San Antonio, by way of the Red River. His 15 page account of Texas is considered one of the best of the period and this map provides one of the most detailed depictions of the region at this time. Humboldt notes Pages' visit to Saltillo in 1767 in his seminal work on New Spain. The map tracks Pages journey from New Orleans to Acapulco, first up the Red River, then overland, identifying a number of Missions and other settlements and Indian Villages in Texas and Louisiana. Pages’ account, and this map, provided the best first-hand information on this region in the late eighteenth century. The map shows many town, forts, rivers, and notes on Indian tribes. Scarce. The bottom half of the left margin has been restored; Folds as given.
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