"Carte de l'Isle d'Orleans et du Passage de la Traverse dans le Fleuve St. Laurent Dressee sur les Manuscrits du Depot des Cartes Plans et Journaux de la Marine", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Ile d'Orleans & St. Lawrence River, Canada
Period: 1744 (dated)
Publication: Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France
Color: Hand Color
Size:
10.9 x 7.6 inches
27.7 x 19.3 cm
This delicately engraved map centers on the Ile d'Orleans. It covers the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City east to Isle-aux-Grues. There is good topographical detail and plenty of place names along the banks of the river. An anchorage, hazards, and navigable channels are identified. Engraved by Dheulland.
References: Kershaw #621.
Condition: B+
Issued folding, now flat, with light foxing and minor offsetting. A binding trim in the bottom right blank margin has been replaced with old paper.