This little map is derived from Sanson's influential Le Canada ou Nouvelle France of 1656. The map is centered on the French possessions in North America with emphasis on the Great Lakes. Lake Superior and Michigan (Lac des puants) are shown with open-ended western shores and Lake Erie (Lac du Chat) is located too far south. In northern Canada, a sea route is shown through the northwest part of Hudson Bay. The British, Dutch and Swedish colonies are depicted along the eastern seaboard from Virginia to Newfoundland (I. de Terre Neuve). This is the third state with several additional names including Mer de Canada, 3 Rivieres, al=Manhate, B. Chesapeak and Boston. Pierre Duval was Nicolas Sanson's nephew and pupil. He published a wide range of atlases and individual maps including a fine miniature world geography with many of the maps based on Sanson.

See also lot 719 for Philip Burden's The Mapping of North America - A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670 and lot 723 for Barbara McCorkle's New England in Early Printed Maps 1513 to 1800 that both describe this map.

References: Burden #351; Kershaw #141; McCorkle #661.1; King (3rd ed) #1660; Pastoureau, Duval XI Fa.

Condition: B+

A nice impression with original outline color in the map and later color in the cartouche, on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the centerfold and edges of the sheet.