Subject: Canada and Great Lakes
Period: 1755 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Universel
Color: Black & White
Size:
23.8 x 17.8 inches
60.5 x 45.2 cm
This is a handsome map of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the entire course of the St. Lawrence River. The most prominent feature of the map is the very large inset of the 1744 Bellin version of the Great Lakes. The wonderful cartouche features the title on a blanket draped over a wooden canoe, which appears to be threatened by a very fierce beaver. This is the fourth state, with Groux named as engraver of the cartouche but still dated 1755. This state is not noted by Pedley, but was published circa 1778.
References: cf Kershaw #356; Pedley #459; Sellers and Van Ee #61.
Condition: B+
Original outline color that is slightly faded. There is a tissue repair on a fold separation at top.