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| Keywords: 1683 Mortier Map of North America, the West Indies, and the Atlantic Ocean - Geographicus - Atlantique-mortier-1693.jpg This is a rare and remarkable 1693 nautical chart of the Atlantic Ocean by Pierre Mortier Covers the North Atlantic from rough 5 degree south latitude to roughly 56 degrees north latitude Includes much of North America all of the West Indies and Caribbean Central America the northern parts of South America Western Africa Ireland and parts of Western Spain As a whole Mortier's map presents a moderately accurate picture of the Americas The coast lines particularly in North America are a unnaturally craggy Florida takes on an inverted cone aspect The barrier islands and capes off the coast of Virginia and Carolina are noted but inaccurately represented The Chesapeake Bay is slightly diminished in size The entrance to the Mississippi River is either not apparent or confused with the conjectural Rio de Spirito Sancto This river most likely associated with early entradas into Mobile Bay was confused with the Mississippi on numerous older maps Politically Mortier recognizes the French claims to Canada the British claims to the region between New York and the St Lawrence Dutch claims to New Jersey Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Spanish Claims to Florida Identifies New York Baltimore Philadelphia Staten Island Long Island Cape Hatteras Cape Look Cape Lookout Port Royal St Augustine and Havana among others Like most maritime charts this map has very little inland detail but a high level of nautical detail Identifies thousands of coastal destinations throughout as well as offshore shoals reefs and other undersea dangers Mortier additionally maps various shipping routes between Europe and the Americas This chart was composted by Pierre Mortier for issue in his extraordinary 1693 nautical atlas Le Neptune François As a side note this map with its moderate age toning distinctive rhumb lines and tattered margins looks exactly like the quintessential pirate's map - which given its issue at the height of the Great Age of Caribbean Piracy it may well have been 1693 undated Size in 24 18 75 object history credit line accession number Atlantique-mortier-1693 Mortier P <i>Le Neptune françois ou Atlas nouveau des cartes marines </i> 1693 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Old maps of the Americas 1690 Old maps of the Caribbean 1690 1693 maps Atlantic Old maps of the Atlantic Ocean 1690 Pierre Mortier Atlantic 1690s maps of Africa Maps in French Atlantic | ||||
