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Auction 122, Lot 209

"Carte de la Floride, de la Louisiane, et Pays Voisins", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Central and Southern United States

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: Abrege de l' Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.8 x 8.5 inches
30 x 21.6 cm
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Finely engraved and detailed map of French Louisiana that extends from the Great Lakes and Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nouveau Mexique to the middle of Florida. The Mississippi River flows dramatically down the center of the map with tributaries including the Ohio River, (l'Oyo ou la Belle), Missouri River, and the Riviere de Moingona in the area of modern-day Des Moines. The map is filled with many Indian names, missions, forts and early settlements. Adorned with a decorative title cartouche.

References: Sellers & Van Ee #75.

Condition: B

A nice impression on a sheet with a repaired 1.5" tear extending into the bottom of the map.

Estimate: $250 - $325

Unsold

Closed on 12/5/2007

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