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
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.
