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Auction 131, Lot 322

"Carte des Embouchures du Mississipi…", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Louisiana

Period: 1744 (dated)

Publication: Histoire et Description de la Nouvelle France

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 7.8 inches
27.9 x 19.8 cm
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This chart details the Mississippi River Delta as the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The map is oriented by a fleur-de-lys with north to the upper left. Fort Balise is shown on a small island at the mouth of the Southeast Pass. Jacques Nicolas Bellin had a distinguished 50-year career as one of France’s leading cartographers. He was the lead hydrographer to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, a member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. His maps of the French possessions in North America are particularly important.

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Condition: B+

There is some minor toning, mostly in the blank margins.

Estimate: $230 - $275

Sold for: $170

Closed on 3/17/2010

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