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Bellin: Antique Map of Lake Superior & Huron, 1744
Bellin: Antique Map of Lake Superior & Huron, 1744
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  • Title of the Map: 'Carte du Detroit Entre le Lac Superieur et le Lac Huron.' St Joseph Island - Sault Ste. Marie - Lake Huron - Lake Superior
  • Date Printed: 1744
  • Image Size: Approx 22.5 x 17.0cm, 9 x 6.75 inches (Medium); Please note that this is a folding map .
  • Type: Original 18th century copperplate map
  • Condition: Fair-to-Good: Small repaired tear in left hand margin extending c10mm inside the border of the map. Diagonal crease across top left hand corner. Tight left margin.
  • Verso: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
  • Folding: This is a folding map.
  • Artist/Cartographer/Engraver: Jacques-Nicholas Bellin
  • Provenance: Originally prepared for "Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France" by Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix

    Jacques-Nicolas Bellin(1703-1772) was a French cartographer, hydrographer and geographer. Born in Paris, Bellin was a member of the French intellectual group, the philosophes, a member of the Academie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. His career spanned over five decades in which he produced a large number of maps for the Dépot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.

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  • Condition
    Fair-to-Good: Small repaired tear in left hand margin extending c10mm inside the border of the map. Diagonal crease across top left hand corner. Tight left margin.
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    Bellin: Antique Map of Lake Superior & Huron, 1744

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