Guillaume Delisle. America...1752. california after Daniell's drawings

after Daniell's drawings

Described by some scholars as the visual embodiment of Manifest Destiny to an American public searching for a graphic depiction of America's territorial acquisitions from coast to coast in the early 19th Century

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Guillaume Delisle. America...1752. california after Daniell's drawingsGuillaume Delisle (16751726) America, das Mitternchtige, nach der Zeichnung des Herrn Wilhelm Delisle Published by Johann Justin Gebauer, Halle, 1752 Copper plate engraving Paper Size: 13. 25 x 17 inches This map, based on the work of Guillaume Delisle, captures a critical moment in North American history. By 1752, European powersFrance, Britain, and Spainwere locked in a struggle for dominance over the continent. Just two years later, tensions would