1755 Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada...

By: Jacques Nicolas Bellin / Homann Heirs Date: 1755 (dated) Nuremberg Dimensions: 16.75 x 21.25 inches (42.5 x 54 cm) A landmark map of the Great Lakes that introduced more accurate geography of the region than all other preceding maps. Originally engraved by Jackques Bellin in 1745, the map was re-issued by Johann Baptiste Homann in 1755 when both Great Britain and France were heavily engaged in the French and Indian War. The map integrates the work of French fur trader and Explorer Sieur la Verendrye and the explorer / missionary Father Pierre de Charlevoix. From Verendrye's journals came the placement of numerous indian villages and nations as well as some of the form of the Great Lakes and their attached river systems. Charlevoix can be referred to as the origin for the fictitious Lake Superior islands, Phillipeaux, Pontchartrain, and St. Anne. This was the first of many maps to include the famous ghost islands of Lake Superior which perplexed explorers for nearly 100 years. Throu