Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). “Karte von dem Laufe des Flusses St Laurenz…” [Canada]
Paris: 1757. Engraving. Water stain bottom left hand margin corner. Minor folds and creases bottom right hand margin corner. Else, very good condition.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin was the Hydrographer to the King of France. From about 1650 to 1750, the French dominated the cartographic world, with their fine, scientifically based maps, elegantly engraved and precisely detailed.