Description
| Dimensions (H/W) | 43 x 54 cm |
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Bellin’s “definitive map of Eastern Canada & Newfoundland that served as a basis for numerous maps subsequently” (Kershaw). First issued in 1744, Kershaw has identified 4 editions of the map, with multiple states, by Bellin (plus a subsequent re-issue by Homann Heirs). “An important map that Bellin used subsequently as a base for his later maps of the area, and one that was also copied extensively by numerous other cartographers [including the Homann Heirs, Bowen, Jefferys and Turner], through to the middle of the century.” Issued in Charlevoix’s Histoire et Description .. de la Nouvelle France. Cf. Kershaw, Early Printed Maps of Canada III:684 and 685; cf. Phillips, A List of Maps of America , p. 622; McCorkle, New England in Early Printed Maps 744.2
