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Map: de Lery's Copy of de Boishebert's Map of Detroit 1731
This map caught my eye because I had never seen it before. The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan shared the map courtesy of the Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Library and Archives of Canada, but the link is broken now. I’ve posted just one other map from 1731 and this might be a copy of that map. Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry was King Louis XV’s Chief Engineer of New France.…
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#1731#cartography#Detroit#French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan#Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry#geography#Henri-Louis Deschamps de Boishebert#King Louis XV#map#New France
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