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Auction 155, Lot 102

"[Lot of 3] Carte du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent Depuis son Embouchure Jusqu'au Dessus de Quebec... [and] Suite du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent, Depuis Quebec Jusqu au Lac Ontario... [and] Carte du Golphe de St. Laurent et Pays Voisins...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Canada, St. Lawrence River

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Abrege de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

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A. Carte du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent Depuis son Embouchure Jusqu'au Dessus de Quebec. Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, dated 1757 (11.9 x 7.6"). Nice example of the second state of this copper engraved map, published by La Harpe circa 1780-86. The map details the course of the St. Lawrence River from Anticosti Island and the mouth west to beyond Quebec. It details many rocks and shoals in the river with numerous villages and forts located along the shore. Decorated with a rococo-style cartouche that includes a distance scale.

B. Suite du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent, Depuis Quebec Jusqu au Lac Ontario. Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, dated 1757 (11.3 x 7.6"). 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.

C. Carte du Golphe de St. Laurent et Pays Voisins pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, circa 1780 (14.2 x 8.8"). This attractive, copper engraved map shows St. Lawrence Bay with Anticosti Island, Prince Edward Island (I. St Jean), Cape Breton Island (Isle Royale), Newfoundland and the adjacent mainland.

References: Kershaw #627, #632, and #590.

Condition: B+

Clean and bright examples, issued folding, on watermarked paper with light offsetting.

Estimate: $250 - $325

Sold for: $60

Closed on 11/18/2015

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