ARTIST: Jacques Bellin
PUBLISHER: Published by Jacques N. Bellin, Paris.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1764
EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 5/8 x 13 3/4" (21.9 x 34.9 cm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This fine, early map depicts the port of Placentia in eastern Newfoundland, Canada. The northern water mass, labeled "Baye de Plaisance" to known as the "Northeast Arm" today. Also noted is Pointe Verte (Point Verde) and a fort at the opening of the Northeast Arm. 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.
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CONDITION: Good condition with original color.
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