"Carte des Parties du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Suivant les Voyages de Middleton et d'Ellis en 1742 et 1746 pour Chercher un Passage dans la Mer du Sud", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Hudson Bay, Canada
Period: 1753 (dated)
Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.9 x 8.3 inches
27.7 x 21.1 cm
Very nicely engraved chart that covers most of Hudson Bay. It locates Fort Prince of Wales and Fort York, the Ottawa Islands (here the Bakers Dozen), the track of Henry Ellis in 1746, Repulse Bay, Buttons Bay, and more. Middleton explored Wager Inlet, Repulse Bay, and the northern part of Roes Welcome in search of a Northwest Passage via Hudson Bay in 1746. The map includes a large and decorative title cartouche at top left. It is dated 1753, but was published in 1759. At bottom left is "Tome XV" and at bottom right "No. 6".
References: Kershaw #456.
Condition: A
A crisp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark. A binding trim at top right has been replaced with old paper, and there are archival repairs to a couple of separations along the folds. Small remnants of hinge tape on verso.
