Subject: St. Lawrence Bay, Canada
Period: 1770 (circa)
Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14.1 x 8.5 inches
35.8 x 21.6 cm
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. The map is adorned with a decorative rococo-style cartouche. "Tom. XIX" engraved at top left.
References: cf. Kershaw #591.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet, issued folding with light toning along the edges of the sheet.