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Auction 113, Lot 122

"Le Fleuve Saint-Laurent Represente Plus en Detail que dans l'Etendue de la Carte", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Subject: Canada

Period: 1755 (circa)

Publication: Atlas General

Color: Black & White

Size:
22 x 18 inches
55.9 x 45.7 cm
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This detailed map of the St. Lawrence River was designed as an inset map for D'Anville's Canada Louisiane et Terres Angloises. It was also published with a 24-page pamphlet entitled "Memoire sur la carte intitulee: Canada, Louisiane, & Terres Angloises." The map includes superb detail of the river from Lake Ontario to Isle aux Coudres, including the Rivier de Richelieu.

References: Kershaw #625.

Condition: B

Printed on heavy watermarked paper with toning on some folds.

Estimate: $300 - $350

Unsold

Closed on 12/7/2005

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