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L'Asie : dresée sur les observations de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et quelques autres, et sur les memoires les plus recens. /
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Note: Advertissement - Comme il y a plusieurs choses sur cette carte et sur les autres que j'ay mises au jour qui sont differentes de ce qui se trouve sur les cartes qui ont paru jus qu'icy; il est at propos d'avertir icy que cela n'est point arrivé par inadvertena et que je rends raison de ces changemens dans la Nouvelle Introduction a la Geographie.
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Ancient Maps from the Library of Congress. 13th -18th Century Maps.
In the 17th century, maps took a huge leap forward. Mathematical and astronomical knowledge necessary to make accurate measurements had evolved. English mathematicians had perfected triangulation: navigation and surveying by right-angled triangles. Triangulation allowed navigators to set accurate courses and produced accurate land surveys. Seamen learned to correct their compasses for declination and had determined the existence of annual compass variation. Latitude determination was greatly improved with the John Davis quadrant. The measurement of distance sailed at sea was improved by another English invention, the common log. Longitudinal distance between Europe and Québec was determined by solar and lunar eclipses by the Jesuit Bressani in the 1640s and by Jean Deshayes in 1686. With accurate surveys in Europe, the grid of the modern map began to take shape.
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