Champlain

The Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress recently mounted the 10,000th map on its Web site at www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/. This milestone comes 10 years after the division started digitizing maps in 1996.



The map is Samuel de Champlain's 1607 chart on vellum of the North American coast from Nova Scotia to Massachusetts, pictured below. The unique document, originally intended for presentation to Henry IV, King of France, was compiled by Champlain (1567–1635), founder of New France (Canada). The map provides the first thorough delineation of the Canadian and New England coast from Cape Sable to Cape Cod.