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Le Detroit de Belle-Isle.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Jacques N. Bellin, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1764

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 3/16 x 6 1/4" (20.9 x 15.9 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine early map focused on the waterway between Newfoundland and Labrador. On the right is Belle Isle. This map appeared in Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime, ou Recueil de Cartes et de Plans des Quatre Parties du Monde". This atlas or pilot is a wonderful French produced small sized work that depicted a great many parts of the known world.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition with original color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps