Catalog Archive
Auction 141, Lot 134
Print View

"Suite du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent Depuis Quebec jusqu'au Lac Ontario pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.3 x 7.5 inches
28.7 x 19.1 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

A detailed map of the region between Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to Quebec. The map extends to Lake Champlain and Lake George, as well as Lake Nepessing in Michigan, with numerous portages named on the interconnecting waterways. Locates Montreal. There are a number of forts named, including Ft. Toronto, Ft. Oswego, and Ft. Georges. A rococo-style title cartouche encloses the distance scale. This is the first state with "Tom XIV" at lower left and "No. 17" at lower right.

References: Kershaw #631.

Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with faint offsetting and light toning in blank margins.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/5/2012

Archived

About Us

Old World Auctions specializes in genuine antique maps, atlases and decorative graphics originating between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Read more about us...

Recent Articles

More...

General Info

Contact Info

3850 Gaskins Road, Suite 220
Henrico, VA 23233 (USA)
Phone: 804 290 8090
Email: info@oldworldauctions.com

© 2024 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap