Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins
$400 · Offered by Argosy Book Store
Paris: Didot, 1758. Map. Copper plate engraving. Paris: Didot, 1758. Image measures 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 Beautiful early map of the Chesapeake Bay, issued by French cartographer Nicolas Bellin for L'Histoire Generales des Voyages. Extending from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, and from Philadelphia to Norfolk, the map shows rivers, islets, sandbars, cities, towns, and major overland routes.
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