Map or Atlas
Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada
Bellin's landmark map of eastern Canada and part of northeast America extending from Newfoundland to the borders of Lake Ontario and south to Cape Cod. The map is extremely detailed, showing regions, borders, cities, settlements, Native American lands, portages, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Annotations appear throughout the map. An elaborate floral frame borders the title cartouche. |
Image ID: | 124133 |
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Creation Date: | 1755 |
Creator Name: | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas |
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Collection Name: | Map Collection |
Genre: | Map or Atlas |
Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
Original Format Number: | H GX82 1755 .B |
Original Dimensions: | 48 x 61 cm |
Appears in the Homann Erben Atlas Compendiarivs 1752 [i.e. 1755]. This map, originally issued in 1744, became the foundation on which numerous cartographers based or copied their maps of the north eastern region. |
Cities and towns |
Engraving |
Coasts |
Mountains |
Exploration |
Lakes |
Rivers |
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