Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada, Great Lakes
Period: 1755 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Universel
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.8 x 19.1 inches
60.5 x 48.5 cm
This is a handsome map of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the entire course of the St. Lawrence River. The most prominent feature of the map is the very large inset of the 1744 Bellin version of the Great Lakes. The wonderful cartouche features the title on a blanket draped over a wooden canoe, which appears beside a threatening beaver. This is the fourth state, with Groux named as engraver of the cartouche. It was published circa 1778.
References: Karpinski p.141-42; cf. Kershaw #356; McCorckle #755.36; Pedley #459; Sellers and Van Ee #61.
Condition: B+
Contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with a medallion watermark, minor offsetting, light scattered foxing, and a printer's crease along centerfold.