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Abstract
Maps are as much images of imperial imaginings as they are sources of practical geographic information. The work of Jean de Labat, a French military engineer at Port Royal, offers a case study of cartographic experimentation with empire in northeastern North America. An expanded critical cartographic reading of two of his maps reveals that on-the-ground realities mingled with imperial imaginings to construct a version of life at Port Royal that benefitted Labat and other French officials. It was for these reasons that Labat’s work was later published in the 1727 edition of the Cartes marines.
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