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Auction 185, Lot 152
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"Carte du Detroit Entre le Lac Superieur et le Lac Huron, avec le Sault Sainte Marie et le Poste de Michillimakinac...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Great Lakes

Period: 1744 (dated)

Publication: Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.3 x 8.4 inches
16 x 21.3 cm
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Small map of the strategic passage in the Upper Lakes system, which was so important to the colonial fur trade. Shows Lake Superior and Huron connected by the Straits of Mackinac and depicts numerous islands, forts, and missions. Adorned with a nice compass rose. Engraved by Desbruslins.

References: Kershaw #945; Sabin #12136.

Condition: B+

A dark impression, issued folding with light offsetting and two tiny tears at left that just pass the neatline and have been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $300

Closed on 11/17/2021

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