Price reduced by $10, "Karte von dem Laufe des Flusses St. Laurenz von Seiner Mundung an bis Uber Quebece zu der Allgemeinen Historie der Reisen", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: St. Lawrence River, Canada
Period: 1757 (dated)
Publication: Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande…
Color: Black & White
Size: 7.6 x 11.9

This fascinating map by Bellin details the course of the St. Lawrence River from Anticosti Island and the mouth west to beyond Quebec. Many rocks and shoals are shown in the river as well as numerous villages and forts lining the shore. The map is decorated with a rococo-style cartouche that includes a distance scale. From a German edition published in 1758 by Johann Joachim Schwabe.

References: Kershaw #636.
Condition: B+
A nice impression issued folding on watermarked paper with light dampstaining that is mostly confined to the blank margins.