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Auction 187, Lot 169

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

Subject: Colonial New England & Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1757 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.6 x 7.9 inches
29.5 x 20.1 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. Marked Tom XXI above the top right border.

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

Condition: A

Issued folding on a bright sheet of watermarked paper. There is a very faint German library stamp on verso.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $180

Closed on 4/27/2022

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