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Auction 171, Lot 113
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"Carte de la Baye de Hudson, pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Eastern Canada, Hudson Bay

Period: 1757 (dated)

Publication: La Harpe's Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.9 x 8.6 inches
30.2 x 21.8 cm
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Handsome example of this chart of the Hudson Bay and Labrador, depicting the mountains and coastal features and including numerous forts. There is a note in French in the far northwest corner of the map explaining that the English had searched for a Northwest Passage in that region, but it did not exist. Embellished with a decorative title cartouche.

References: Kershaw #461; Protinaro & Knirsch, p. 242; Sellers & Van Ee #304.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with light toning and foxing. The right margin has been extended with old paper to accommodate framing.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 2/6/2019

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