~1732 French map of east coast of New France and Newfoundland (Canada)

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Very early map of the east coast of Canada, including Newfoundland and Grand Banks fishing area. Settlements of Port-Royal in Acadia (Nova Scotia) and Quebec City. Note label ‘Eskimos’ over Labrador area.

L’Ile de Terre Neuve et le Golfe de Saint Laurent Selon les Meilleurs Memoires.”

'Tome III Page. 1.'

Map comes out of the book “Recueil de Voyages au Nord, Contenant divers Memoires tres utiles au Commerce & a la Navigation. Tome Troisieme” by Jean Frédéric Bernard (Amsterdam). This wide-ranging work covers travels anywhere in the northern hemisphere. The areas covered include Iceland, Greenland, Japan, Korea, China, Tartary, the Caspian, and North America, including Hudson Bay, Virginia, California, Louisiana, and the Mississippi. This map come from Volume 3 of the series.

Map engraved by Adriaan Reland.

Vertical folds and one horizontal, to fold into book. Small tear right border where removed from book. Light toning left border.

21,50 x 34 cm / 8 ¾” x 13 ½”

 

Adriaan Reland (also known as Adriaen Reeland/Reelant, Hadrianus Relandus) (17 July 1676, De Rijp, North Holland – 5 February 1718, Utrecht) was a noted Dutch Orientalist scholar, cartographer and philologist. He is considered to have made a long-lasting and significant contribution to research of the historical geography of early Palestine.

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