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Auction 141, Lot 116
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"Carte de l'Accadie et Pais Voisins pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Canada

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 8.3 inches
33 x 21.1 cm
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Nice map with a decorative rococo-style cartouche. It shows in good detail Prince Edward Island, here called Isle Saint Jean, covers all of Nova Scotia including Cape Breton, and locates numerous banks south of Nova Scotia.

References: Kershaw #782.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with faint offsetting. A binding trim and resulting 1" binding tear at bottom right have both been professionally repaired.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $170

Closed on 9/5/2012

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