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Lot 30

Lahontan, Louis. Carte Générale de Canada Dediée au Roy de Danemark. Par son très humble et très obéissant et très fidèle serviteur Lahontan (The Hague, Charles Delo, 1706). 16¼ x 21¾", uncolored. From Voyages du Baron de La Hontan dans l'Amérique septentrionale : qui contiennent une relation des différens peuples qui y habitent; la nature de leur gouvernement, leur commerce, leurs coûtumes, leur religion, & leur manière de faire la guerre; l'intérêt des François & des Anglois dans le commerce qu'ils font avec ces nations; l'avantage que l'Angleterre peut retirer de ce païs, étant en guerre avec la France. Binder's instructions at upper right: "Tom: 2. Pag: 1."

Excellent illustration of the regional river systems and placement of American Indian villages and French forts throughout the region. The depiction of the Great Lakes is primitive but still superior to a number of later maps. The English colonies in New England are identified as New York (Nouvelle York), Manhattan (Manate), Montreal (Monreal), Quebec (Kebek) and Boston (Baston). The Hudson River is identified as the R. de Monate. The future site of Chicago is identified as Chegakou or Portage de v des Illinois.

Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de Lahontan (1666-1715) served in the French military in Canada where he traveled extensively in the Wisconsin, Minnesota and the upper Mississippi Valley. His claim of discovering a "Longue River" in the upper Mississippi valley, flowing to high mountains, with a great body of salt water beyond the mountains, was accepted and incorporated by most of the major mapmakers of the period. His often fanciful Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale (1703) was very popular.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.

 
Realized $2,160



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