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Dieppe school charts and Franco-English coastal mapping of the New World (1540–1620)

Dieppe school charts and Franco-English coastal mapping of the New World (1540–1620)

  1. Verrazzano reports Atlantic coast voyage to France

    Labels: Giovanni da, Francis I, Atlantic coast

  2. Cartier claims Gaspe9 for the French crown

    Labels: Jacques Cartier, Gasp, St Lawrence

  3. Jean Rotz presents the "Boke of Idrography" in England

    Labels: Jean Rotz, Boke of, Henry VIII

  4. Pierre Desceliers produces his 1546 world map

    Labels: Pierre Desceliers, Desceliers map, Dieppe school

  5. The Vallard Atlas exemplifies Dieppe portolan practice

    Labels: Vallard Atlas, Dieppe school, manuscript atlas

  6. Desceliers produces the 1550 "world for a king" map

    Labels: Desceliers, Henry II, royal map

  7. Le Testu compiles "Cosmographie Universelle" atlas

    Labels: Guillaume Le, Cosmographie Universelle, Admiral Coligny

  8. Desliens 1566 world map synthesizes Norman hydrography

    Labels: Nicolas Desliens, Norman hydrography, portolan map

  9. Jean Cossin publishes an advanced-projection world map

    Labels: Jean Cossin, advanced projection, Dieppe

  10. England formally claims Newfoundland, raising Atlantic stakes

    Labels: Sir Humphrey, Newfoundland, Elizabeth I

  11. Champlain draws a portolan-style chart of New England

    Labels: Samuel de, portolan chart, New England

  12. Champlain engraves and publishes his 1612 map of New France

    Labels: Samuel de, New France, engraved map

  13. John Smith publishes an influential Chesapeake coastal map

    Labels: John Smith, Chesapeake map, Virginia

  14. Normandy hydrographic school era closes in the 1630s

    Labels: Normandy hydrographic, Dieppe tradition, manuscript charts