"Partie Orientale du Canada, avec la Nouvelle Angleterre, l'Acadie, et la Terre-Neuve...", D'Anville/Santini

This is the first state of this large, attractive map that covers New England, the St. Laurence River, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. It presents good detail of boundaries, towns and cities, harbors, bays, rivers and lakes, Indian tribal territory, and fishing grounds. Though crediting D'Anville, the map is also partially based on the cartography of Bellin and Robert de Vaugondy. The large cartouche, featuring a ferocious-looking beaver, is copied from Robert de Vaugondy's 1755 map of Canada and the Great Lakes.

References: Kershaw #714; McCorkle #776.4; Phillips (A) #647-47; Sellers & Van Ee #138.

Condition: A

A dark impression on watermarked paper. An overall clean and bright example with just a few small, unobtrusive stains.