Price: $550.00
SKU: 56760
ARTIST: Thomas Jefferys
PUBLISHER: Published in Gentleman's magazine, London.
MEDIUM: Copper engraving,
DATE: Feb. 1746.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 5/8 x 18 1/2" (345 x 469 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Scarce colonial map by Thomas Jefferys after Nicolas Bellin.<br><br> A fine English mid-18th-century map stretching from Boston north to Labrador. The fishing banks off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are marked, with soundings. Insets of the Atlantic Ocean, Quebec City, Fort Dauphin and a plan of Louisbourg add to the map’s appearance. Jefferys dedicated it to the British merchants trading to North America.
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CONDITION: Good condition although remargined on three sides.
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