Antique Map of the Great Lakes by Jacques Nicolas Bellin - 1755

Map of the Great Lakes region, covering the area from Lake Superior to western Quebec, and from Delaware Bay to the Mississippi River. Shows a few... more

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Antique Map of the Great Lakes by Jacques Nicolas Bellin - 1755

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Blue Monocle

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Drawing - Engraving

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Map of the Great Lakes region, covering the area from Lake Superior to western Quebec, and from Delaware Bay to the Mississippi River. Shows a few towns, missions, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, rivers and lakes, portages, and early place-names. Includes four legendary but non-existent islands in Lake Superior described by the Jesuit explorer Pierre de Charlevoix, vainly sought by explorers for many years. Original title: Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada (Western Part of New France or Canada)

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