Catalog Archive
Auction 188, Lot 98
Print View

"Carte du Cours du Fleuve de Saint Laurent Depuis la Mer Jusqu'a Quebec, en Deux Feuilles Dressee au Depost des Cartes de la Marine ... IIe. Feuille", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: St. Lawrence River, Canada

Period: 1761 (dated)

Publication: Hydrographie Francoise

Color: Black & White

Size:
33.1 x 22.4 inches
84.1 x 56.9 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This is the first state of a large-scale sea chart that covers part of the St. Lawrence River from Anticosti Island to Outards River. It 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 chart has rhumb lines emanating from a fantastic compass rose and a baroque-style title cartouche.

References: Kershaw #655.

Condition: B+

On a sturdy sheet with a jester watermark. Light offsetting.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $275

Closed on 6/22/2022

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

© 2025 - All Rights Reserved |Privacy Policy | Copyright Notice | Sitemap