Subject: Canada & Greenland
Period: 1778 (published)
Publication: Atlante Novissimo…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16 x 12 inches
40.6 x 30.5 cm
This is a very handsome map focused on Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, part of Greenland, Labrador and Northern Canada to beyond the Arctic Circle to about 70° N. It includes an interesting depiction of a passage between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay alluding to a possible Northwest Passage, in addition to a few other potential passages emanating from Hudson Bay. This is a near identical variant of Bonne's map (1771) of the same area. The map is adorned with an attractive floral cartouche.
References: Kershaw #479.
Condition: A
Original color with wide margins, faint toning along centerfold, and marginal soiling.