"Canada ou Nouvelle France", Mallet, Alain Manesson

This charming small map depicts the eastern seaboard from Chesapeake Bay to Greenland. The Great Lakes are shown open-ended in the west allowing the possibility of a Northwest Passage. The map extends to include Bermuda. It names Lake Superior, the Cercle Polaire, and shows Nouveu Mexique at extreme lower left. The map is decorated with a strapwork title cartouche at lower left and a vignette at upper left that shows two Indians and an infant. Page number 275 at upper right and French text on verso.

See also lot 792 for Barbara McCorkle's New England in Early Printed Maps 1513 to 1800… that describes this map.

References: Kershaw #267; McCorkle #683.3; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I A [626].

Condition: A

There is a hint of printer's ink residue in the map image and a small dampstain in the bottom blank margin.