Friday, 7 October 2011

North America

A curiosity, a map of North America, written in French, drawn by French cartographers, and sent to me from China.  I've scanned it with high resolution but even so it's hard to make out the smaller print.  Even so, I can see that Canada is called Nouvelle Bretagne, Alaska is Amerique Russe.

As far as I can find out, the original dates from 1852 and was drawn by Barbie du Bocage in Paris.  The date must be fairly accurate because the Mexican Cession lands are included but not the Gadsden Purchase.

This is a post for Postcard Friendship Friday hosted on Beth Niquette's blog The Best Hearts are Crunchy.


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Posted by Sheila @ A Postcard a Day at 7.10.11
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12 comments:

  1. Debs @ Vintage Postcard Gallery7 October 2011 at 18:29

    i just love old maps...very curious to hear that this was sent from china! happy PFF!

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  2. MrCachet7 October 2011 at 20:50

    Wonderful map card! It must be a reprint, but I have a thing for maps, so it's a hit with me!

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  3. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day7 October 2011 at 20:58

    @Debs, yes, odd that it came from China. On the back it says, "Treasure map pocket" obviously translated by the same people who wrote the instructions for my printer.

    @Mr Cachet, I have a thing about maps too! It's not even a terribly good reproduction but I still like it.

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  4. Snap7 October 2011 at 22:35

    I love maps and what a history for the card itself ...North America, written in French and sent from China! Too cool! Happy PFF!

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  5. Relax Max8 October 2011 at 03:53

    Love old maps. Groenland and Gadsden in the same post. Bravo! I'm sure they meant "Precious Map Pocket."

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  6. mary8 October 2011 at 04:20

    Beautiful card!

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  7. Maria8 October 2011 at 13:42

    An old map, reminds me of my grade school world geography textbook...w/c I really really love to look at!

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  8. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day8 October 2011 at 19:47

    @Snap, a cosmopolitan card. :)

    @Max, I am sure to be an expert on Gadsden now. :)

    @Mary, thank you!

    @lostforwords, I love old atlases too.

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  9. Grace.B9 October 2011 at 05:39

    Hello Sheila,

    Thanks for visiting last time for this meme. Well this is a really interesting document indeed.

    So you spends 2 years in Paris at what occasion ? Nice to meet you via the FPP

    Nice day

    Grace

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  10. Grace.B9 October 2011 at 05:40

    Hello Sheila,

    Thanks for visiting last time for this meme. Well this is a really interesting document indeed.

    So you spends 2 years in Paris at what occasion ? Nice to meet you via the FPP

    Nice day

    Grace

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  11. Julie Goucher10 October 2011 at 00:39

    I love this postcard, it features one of my favourite postcard types - maps!

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  12. Dorincard10 October 2011 at 13:39

    Cool mapcard, inciting! :)

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