A rudimentary Lake Erie is followed by a more recognizable "Mer douce
including the compass rose and rhumblines
were included in addition to the traditional body of twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps derived from the 1482 Ulm edition (or possibly from the manuscript atlas of Nicolaus Germanus that served as source for the latter)
Harrisse 198-199
This map and the knowledge expressed in it were considered so sensitive that it was kept in the archives of the Depot DE Marine in Marseilles until the 1950s
The Pickerel Reduced size Artists_Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues A rudimentary Lake Erie isWILLIAM POPE (British Canadian, 1811 1902) The Pickerel Reduced size Pen and ink and watercolor Signed W. P lower left Paper size: 7 1 2 x 9 1 2 in. Provenance The artists family and thence by descent. Exhibited: Simcoe Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3 31 May 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May 7 June 1987 (a selection). Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4 August 3 September 1989 (a selection) Like