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SANSON D'Abbeville, Nicolas. Le Canada ou Nouvelle France. Paris: Pierre Mariette, 1656.
Engraved map of Eastern Canada, 405 x 545mm., hand-coloured in outline, title within elaborate frame-style cartouche, verso blank.
A fine copy of Sanson's important map of the region showing all five of the Great Lakes. Sanson combined information from both Champlain and Henry Hudson; he first included all of the Great lakes on his map of North America of 1650, on the 1656 map all the lakes are named.
Engraved map of Eastern Canada, 405 x 545mm., hand-coloured in outline, title within elaborate frame-style cartouche, verso blank.
A fine copy of Sanson's important map of the region showing all five of the Great Lakes. Sanson combined information from both Champlain and Henry Hudson; he first included all of the Great lakes on his map of North America of 1650, on the 1656 map all the lakes are named.