The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III

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Lot 1138
  • 1138

SANSON, NICOLAS. LE CANADA ET NOUVELLE FRANCE. PARIS: MARIETTE, 1656.

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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Le Canada et Nouvelle France. Paris:  Mariette, 1656.
Engraved map with contemporary outline hand coloring (412 x 560 mm).  Matted and framed.

Provenance

Martayan Lan Augustyn, New York, 2012;
Vogel Collection no. 822.

Literature

Burden 318

Catalogue Note

The most influential map of Canada of the 17th-century.  Based on accounts of Jesuit explorers, it names Lake Erie as a recognizable and distinct lake for the first time and depicts Long Island and New Amsterdam in their correct locations. The first map of Canada to show the five Great Lakes.