$840
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Thomas Jeffreys (1719-1771) A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada . London, c. 1755. Engraved hand-colored map, printed on two sheets neatly pasted together, 18 1/2 x 24 in., with a decorative cartouche featuring fish nets, with the southern coast of Labrador to the north, a bit of Newfoundland to the east, Boston just showing at the southwest corner, and Lake Champlain and Montreal to the west. The main focus of the map is Nova Scotia, Saint John's Island and Cape Breton, with careful renderings of the Saint Lawrence River, Maine, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
