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Auction 207, Lot 105

"Carte de la Baie de Hudson pour Servir a l'Histoire des Etablissemens Europeens", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Canada

Period: 1773 (published)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatif

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.8 x 8.6 inches
30 x 21.8 cm
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A handsome chart of Hudson Bay and Labrador engraved in Bellin's crisp style depicting the mountains and coastal features. There is a note in French in the far northwest corner of the map near Wager Water explaining that the English had searched there for a passage to Asia, but it did not exist. Henry Ellis explored those rivers and inlets during his search for a Northwest Passage in 1746.

References: Kershaw #463.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with minor foxing mostly in the margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $70

Closed on 2/11/2026

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