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CARTOGRAPHY OF NEW BRUNSWICK 



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There is nothing in his works to show that Chainplnin had visited 

 Northumberland Sti'ait himself, but his numerous voyages through the 

 Gulf, and his position as Governor of Quebec, gave him the best of 

 opportunities for learning from others who knew the region well. 



From the great publicity given at once to Champlain's maps by the 

 publication of his works, it was to be expected that his influence, would 

 at once make itself felt in contemporary cartography. Still it was 

 several years before the old types died out, as the maps of Sanchez, 1G23, 



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Fig. la— ALEXANDER, 1624. 

 From Prince Societj- ; full .size. 



Oliva, 1650 and othei-s show, and Winsor mentions manj-fof date later 

 than 1613 which retain the older types. The first to adopt the new is 

 that of Jacobcz, of 1621, which is simply a transcript of Champlain. A 

 map by Hondius after 1613 and by Briggs of 1625 also shows this influ- 

 ence. The 1612 map, with, however, some more accurate information 

 about the size of Prince Edward Island, is the origin of the well- 

 known Alexander map (Fig. 16), which, perhaps, for its novel nomen- 



Sec. II., 1897. 20. 



