CARTE DES LACS DU CANADA

£395

Sought after finely engraved map of the Great Lakes of Canada.

This map was issued at the time of the Seven Years French and Indian War between Britain and France. The map is displayed in detail with places, mountains and rivers.

Bellin’s map was one the most up to date maps of the Great Lakes for its time.

Bellin erroneously includes for the first time, the islands of I. Minong and I. Pontchartrain in Lake Superior and because of the high regard Bellin was held by other map makers, the error was perpetuated on many subsequent maps.

Cartouche

Hand colour

Excellent condition

code : M5185

Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN

Date : 1757 Paris

Size : 20*29.5cms sheet 25*35 cms

availability : Available

Price : £395

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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and prolific French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, in the service of the French Hydrographical Office. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.

Bellin was responsible for an enormous output of charts and maps. In a large folio format, he issued a volume of sea-charts of France, the Neptune Francois, and several sea-atlases of the World, including the Atlas Maritime and the Hydrographie Francaise. These large charts were amongst the best of the period and continued being reissued throughout the second half of the eighteenth century.

In smaller format, he issued the Petit Atlas Maritime (1764),which contained 580 detailed charts, as well as maps to illustrate l'Abbe Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages (1746-1757). Bellin also produced a substantial number of important separately issued maps, particularly reflecting continuing discoveries and political events in the Americas.