Subject: St. Lawrence River, Canada
Period: 1757 (dated)
Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.9 x 7.6 inches
30.2 x 19.3 cm
Nice example of the first state of this copper engraved map, published by Prevost. 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.
References: Kershaw #626.
Condition: A
A crisp impression issued folding on watermarked paper with a remnant of hinge tape on verso.