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A two-sheet map of the Eastern Seaboard in fine colour

Nova Tabula Geographica complectens Borealiorem Americae Partem; in qua exacte delineatae sunt Canada sive Nova Francia, Nova Scotia, Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, Pensylvania, Virginia, Carolina et Terra Nova...
Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk II, c.1730. Superb original colour. Two sheets, each 600 x 480mm, total if joined c.600 x 960mm.
Stock #:  25953

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Description

A scarce map of the Eastern Seaboard of America from Cape Fear north and east to the Gulf of the St Lawrence and Newfoundland. An inset on the right sheet details the defensive walls of Louisbourg, the French fortress Engraved by Luggert van Anse and originally published by Visscher c.1696, the interior is almost entirely conjectural, with the southern part of Hudson Bay, and lakes Ontario, Huron and Erie unrecognisable.

Condition:

A very fine example.

References:

BURDEN: 731.

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