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"Carte des Parties du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique Suivant les Voyages de Middleton et d'Ellis en 1742 et 1746 pour Chercher un Passage dans la Mer du Sud", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Hudson Bay, Canada

Period: 1753 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.8 x 8.3 inches
27.4 x 21.1 cm
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Very nicely engraved chart that covers most of Hudson Bay. It locates Fort Prince of Wales and Fort York, the Ottawa Islands (here the Bakers Dozen), the track of Henry Ellis in 1746, Repulse Bay, Buttons Bay and more. Middleton explored Wager Inlet, Repulse Bay and the northern part of Roes Welcome in search of a Northwest Passage via Hudson Bay in 1746. Large and decorative cartouche. Dated 1753, but published in 1759. At bottom left is "Tome XV" and at bottom right "No. 6".

References: Kershaw #456.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/5/2012

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