Bellin's Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre Nouvelle Yorck et Pensilvanie 070225 21 3/8" x 27 1/2"
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Description
21 3/8" x 27 1/2" sheet
meticulously illustrating the Hudson River and its adjacent regions from New York Bay to Fort Edward
Robert was invited by Louis XIV to continue his work in Paris at the Jardin du Roi and Versailles
PROVENANCE
Coronelli founded the world’s first geographical society
Bellin's Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre Nouvelle Yorck et Pensilvanie 070225 21 3/8" x 27 1/2"BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas (1703 1772). Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre Nouvelle Yorck et Pensilvanie Engraved map. Paris, 1757. First Edition. 9 1 2" x 14 1 4" sheet. First edition 1757 French map of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, published during the French and Indian War to illustrate contested colonial territories