Description: Early 1753 Map Of Hudson Bay. Shipped with USPS First Class Package. Map has been folded but no rips or tears. Hudson Bay Canada NordQuest de LAmerique Bellin map 1753 Title: Carte des parties du NordQuest de LAmerique Description: Old interesting map of the Hudson's Bay Canada with routes of Middleton and Ellisin in 1742 and 1746. Detailed copperplate engraved old map with hand coloring. Biography: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772). Bellin was born in Paris, and entered the Naval Chart and Plan Depot in 1721. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, cartographer and geographer of the Navy. Also member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes (dominated by Voltaire and Montesquieu), and member of the Acadmie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50 year career, he produced a large number of sea charts, maps, and sea-atlases of the world, e.g., French Neptune (1753), Map of North America (1755), French Hydrography (1756) le Petit Atlas maritime (1764) an collection of maps and plans of the four parts of the world, in five volumes and New method for learning geography (1769). Bellins country and sea maps based on the documents of the Naval Chart Depot were also issued in Histoire gnrale des voyages (15 vols., Paris, 1746-1759), continued by Father Antoine Franois Prvost d'Exiles (Abbe Prevost ) and other writers. Condition: Fine map in good overall condition. Small discoloring right hand image/border.
Price: 129.99 USD
Location: Staten Island, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Date Range: 1700-1799
Type: River Map
Format: Folding Map
US State: New York
Year: 1742
Canadian Province: hudson bay
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
City: hudson bay
Country/Region: Canada
