Representation : Exploring new worlds

Québec - 400th anniversary

Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635)
note : Descartes (1596-1650)




1612 Map of Nouvelle-France


(from Oeuvre de Champlain, t. I, Québec, 1870, following p. 422)

Instruments used by Champlain
Mariner's astrolabe


(from Stephenson, Bolt, M., Friedman, A.F. Intruments and Images through History, Chicago : Adler Planetarium, 2000, p. 38)

Champlain's astrolabe (possibly) (Paris 1603)

(from Smith, D.E. History of Mathematics, Dover, p.350)

Cross-staff


(from : Jacques de Vaux, L'usage de l'arbalestrille, MS f.fr 150, BN Paris)


Traité de la marine et du devoir du bon marinier
The compass and its declination


(from Oeuvre de Champlain, t. I, Québec, 1870, p. 422)


To draw a map from scratch

(from Oeuvre de Champlain, t. III, Québec, 1870, p. 1352)