Benard “Carte d’une partie de l’Amérique Séptentrionale, qui contient partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane"
Benard “Carte d’une partie de l’Amérique Séptentrionale, qui contient partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane"
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Benard “Carte d’une partie de l’Amérique Séptentrionale, qui contient partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane"

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Benard. “Carte d’une partie de l’Amérique Séptentrionale, qui contient partie de la Nle. Espagne, et de la Louisiane.”  From Pierre de Pagès’ Voyages Autour Du Monde. 

Paris, 1782. 12 3/4 x 17.  Engraving by Bernard.  Very good condition.

A unusual map based on a first hand trek across Texas and Mexico by a French naval officer, Pierre Marie François de Pagès.  Born of noble family, Pagès made a five-year voyage around the world, which he 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, Pagès landed in New Orleans, traveled up the Mississippi and Red Rivers to “Nachitoches” and then set off on horseback across the “Province de los Texas.” and then south through Mexico to Acapulco.  Pagès 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.  Pagès returned to France via the Pacific, wrote his account and later engaged in further expeditions (to the North and South Poles) and even was involved with the French navy in the American Revolution.