Subject: Colonial Canada, New York
Period: 1764 (published)
Publication: Le Petit Atlas Maritime
Color: Black & White
Size:
12.2 x 8.2 inches
31 x 20.8 cm
Two finely detailed charts on a double-page sheet. The top map depicts the St. Lawrence River from Quebec to Montreal and Lake St. Francis. At bottom is a detailed chart of Lake Champlain. Embellished with two rococo style cartouches and bold compass roses with fleur-de-lys.
References: Kershaw #663; Phillips (A) #3508, v.1-10
Condition: B
Printed on a sheet of hand laid paper with very wide margins that have some chipping at extreme edges. Large circular watermark. Some light offsetting and toned along centerfold.