Plan de la Ville de Quebec.

Publication date: 1744

Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Very good. One rust spot. Size 7.75 x 11.25 Inches. A scarce 1744 first state first issue of Bellin's important map of Quebec City, Canada. When this map was issued, Quebec dominated the French fur trade with its strategic position on a vital St. Lawrence artery. A Closer Look Oriented to the west, Bellin's map covers the fortified center of Quebec City at the confluence of the St. Lawrence River and the St. Charles estuary. The map illustrates various fortifications as well as some 24 individual buildings, including churches, schools, batteries, and government buildings. Some of the surrounding farmland is also illustrated. On the east side of the city, the port is identified. Bellin prepared this map to be included in Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix's 1744 Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France , one of the most comprehensive works on North America predating the French and Indian War. Charlevoix was a Jesuit missionary and traveler commissioned by the French Crown and the Duke of Orleans to explore French holdings in the Americas. Copies of the Histoire et Description Generale were to be found in the libraries of many 18th-century luminaries, including Voltaire, Franklin, and Jefferson. Jefferson, in particular, admired Charlevoix's work, calling it 'a particularly useful species of reading.' Publication History and Census Charlevoix's Histoire et Description Generale, is well represented in institutional collections. OCLC lists perhaps a dozen examples of this separate map. References: Rumsey 6903.017. Library of Congress, Map Division, G3454.Q4 1755 .L4.…

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Title
Plan de la Ville de Quebec.
Author
1744 Bellin Map of Quebec City, Canada
Publication year
1744
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CANADA-MAPS

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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