Subject: Colonial Great Lakes
Period: 1744 (dated)
Publication: Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.2 x 8.2 inches
15.7 x 20.8 cm
Small map of the strategic passage in the Upper Lakes system, which was so important to the colonial fur trade. Adorned with a nice compass rose. Engraved by Desbruslins.
References: Kershaw #945; Sabin #12136.
Condition: B
Issued folding, now pressed. Trimmed to neatline at right and lower left and remargined.