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Auction 155, Lot 155

"Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, et Pensilvanie. Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: Abrege de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.8 x 8.1 inches
30 x 20.6 cm
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This French & Indian War period map details the English colonies from Pennsylvania through Penobscot Bay in Maine, with their early boundaries. It is fully engraved with topographical features and includes many early place names. The colonies are shown confined east of the Allegheny Mountains with the Nations Iroquoises, Indian villages, and several French forts located west of the mountains. It extends to show Lake Ontario and most of Lake Erie. A flourishing French rococo-style cartouche with distance scale decorates the map.

References: McCorkle #757.1; Sellers & Van Ee #721.

Condition: A

A nice impression with minor offsetting and faint toning confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $230 - $275

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/18/2015

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