This is a handsome map of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the entire course of the St. Lawrence River. The most prominent feature of the map is the very large inset of the 1744 Bellin version of the Great Lakes. The wonderful cartouche features the title on a blanket draped over a wooden canoe, which appears beside a threatening beaver. According to Pedley, this is the fourth state, with Groux named as engraver of the cartouche.

References: Karpinski p.141-42; cf. Kershaw #356; McCorckle #755.36; Pedley #459; Sellers and Van Ee #61.

Condition: A

A nice impression with original outline color on a bright sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is marginal soiling and foxing, and archivally repaired chips in the top corners of the sheet.