Catalog Archive
Auction 206, Lot 157

"Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Tiree des Meilleures Cartes Angloises", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1757 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.4 x 7.6 inches
29 x 19.3 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This finely engraved colonial map covers most of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, with a bit of Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well. The interior is fully engraved with mountains and great detail along the rivers. An early network of trails and wagon roads are delineated, plus watershed and some topographical information. It extends west to beyond Fort Cumberland and locates Annapolis, Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Philadelphia. The delicate rococo-style title cartouche incorporates the distance scale.

References: Sellers & Van Ee #1383; cf. Tooley (MCC-96) #875.

Condition: A

A dark impression issued folding on a watermarked sheet with a hint of offsetting.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/12/2025

Archived