"La Nouvelle France ou Canada", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Colonial United States and Canada
Period: 1764 (circa)
Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime
Color: Black & White
Size:
13.8 x 7.8 inches
35.1 x 19.8 cm
Bellin's fine map of Canada which includes New England to Philadelphia, the Great Lakes and James Bay to the Atlantic. Includes Newfoundland and part of the Grand Banks. Fine engraving with fictional islands in Lake Superior. Covers from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada to northeastern U.S. as far south as Philadelphia.
References: McCorkle 764.2; Kershaw #374
Condition: B
A very nice example with fine impression on thick hand laid paper with watermark and very wide, original margins. Some light scattered marginal foxing and a few light spots in map image, else near fine.
