Subject: St. Lawrence River, Canada
Period: 1773 (published)
Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatif
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.7 x 7.4 inches
29.7 x 18.8 cm
This map details the course of the St. Lawrence River from Anticosti Island and the mouth west to beyond Quebec. It details many rocks and shoals in the river with numerous villages and forts located along the shore. Decorated with a rococo-style cartouche that includes a distance scale. This is the second state of the map, with number 34b printed below the map at bottom right.
References: Kershaw #629.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with a faint spot at right and minor foxing mostly in the margins.