Subject: St. Lawrence River, Canada
Period: 1761 (dated)
Publication: Hydrographie Francoise
Color: Hand Color
Size:
33 x 22.5 inches
83.8 x 57.2 cm
This large-scale sea chart covers part of the St. Lawrence River from Anticosti Island to Outards River and includes insets of the Sept Isles in the Cote-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Isles of Mingan and a coastal view of Manicouagan. The detailed map has rhumb lines emanating from a fantastic compass rose and a baroque-style title cartouche. Second state, Depot de la Marine issue with their engraved stamp at bottom right, plate No. 64, and Prix. Trente Sols below neatline at bottom.
References: Kershaw #656.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a thick sheet of watermarked paper with a few minor repaired tears in the generous margins, with one just entering the border on the left.