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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 111 - closed 6/8/2005

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Lot #102: "Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada" Jacques Nicolas Bellin

Antique map chart Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canad
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Estimate:
$1,600.00 - $1,800.00
Sold for: $1,600.00

Lot 102
By: Jacques Nicolas Bellin
Subject: Colonial Great Lakes
Date: 1755

Publication:

Condition: +A
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Color: hand color

Size: 21 x 16.5 inches
53.4 x 42.0 cm

Superb map of the Great Lakes region illustrating strategic forts and the area claimed by the French just prior to the French and Indian War. Bellin's map, first published in 1744, dominated the cartography of the Great Lakes region for many years. Four fictitious islands appear in Lake Superior, including the infamous I Philippeaux Aut. I Minang that continued to appear on maps, and eluded explorers' searches for it, well into the 19th century. This issue was published by Homann Heirs.

Fine impression and original color. Bit of printer's ink residue in plate.


Ref: Karpinski, (MI) p.138; Kershaw #950; Schwartz & Ehrenberg plt. 97.

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