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HUDSON & JAMES BAYS

CAN111 - J. N. BELLIN “Baye De Hudson et Pays Voisins” Paris 1763. Colored. 9"X13½". Attractive chart shows both Hudson & James Bays & surrounding Indian lands. Locates Albany & Fort Rupert at the bottom of James Bay. Hudson Strait; Baffin Island called Isle De Bonne Fortune & depicts present day Quebec & Newfoundland as Labrador. Harbors are noted around the bays but land areas are indicated either as unknown or settled by Indian tribes & shown as mountainous or dotted with lakes. Includes decorative rococo title cartouche in top right with leaf, flower & scroll motifs. 

CAN119 - (J. H.) COLTON “New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Is.” New York 1855. Colored. 12"X14¼". Includes the southeastern coast of Labrador. Shows all principal harbors, rivers, lakes, bays, capes & offshore islands and straits. Cape Breton Is. The Gulf of St. Lawrence. Island of Anticosti. The Magdalen Islands. Bay of Fundy & Sable Island. 

NOVA SCOTIA

CAN121 - E & G. W. BLUNT “Isle of Sable” N.Y. 1827. Colored. 4"X7". Attractive small chart from the American Coast Pilot, shows the island off the coast of Nova Scotia surrounded by many very detailed soundings. A pond appears in center and a long landfall approach view with rocky terrain is shown at the base of the chart titled “Eastern End of the Isle of Sable taken from the Southward.” Compass Rose shows both magnetic and true North with a variation of 14 W.

CAN127 - B. F. LLOYD “Canada & Arctic Regions of North America” Edin. 1842. B/W. 17"X22", Excellent and very detailed map of the northern regions of North America, covers an area from Iceland & Greenland across Canada. and the North American continent to Alaska named “Russian Settlement,” and the Bering Strait. On the east coast, chart starts at Massachusetts and thence northward to Newfoundland & Labrador. Includes the Great Lakes, Hudson's Bay, Baffin's Bay. On the west coast chart locates New California, Grays Harbor, Straits of Juan de Fuca, Vancouver Island to Cook's Inlet. Shows the boundary between Canada & the United States and includes many place names, lakes, rivers & elevations. A fine map. 

CAN171 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Sketch showing the Geology of the Coast of Labrador by Oscar M. Lieber of the Eclipse Expedition. Late State Geologist of South Carolina”. Wash. D. C. 1860. B/W. 15X27. This fine two part chart shows 1. Eclipse Harbor, Labrador, and 2. A chart of Labrador's coastline from the Davis Strait to the Gulf of St. Lawrence & Newfoundland noting capes, bays & islands & indicating the course of the Great Current from the Arctic. Also includes 7 prominent landfall approach views of 1.) Mt. Bache, 2.) East side of Aulezavik Island, 3.) Peaks between Aulezavik Sound & Ungava Bay, 4.) Coast south of Cape Nialongo, 5.) Mugford Island, 6.) Port Manvers & 7.) Battle Island. (Litho. by A. Hoen. Co. Balto. 1860. Drawn from the original sketches of O. M. Lieber by Wm B. McMurtrie.) Excellent chart in very nice condition.

CAN172 - J. IMRAY “Halifax Harbour”. London. 1865. B/W. 10X6¼. Very detailed chart of the harbour shows block plans of Halifax & Dartmouth. Depicts the Eastern Passage and the Northwest Arm, McNab Island and the coast down to Duncan Reef, Catch Harbour & Sambro Harbour; and from Hartland Point to Cow Bay & Cole Harbour. Hundreds of depth soundings are indicated throughout and includes Rockhead & Neverfail shoals at the harbour entrance, with courses and variations. A fine small chart with excellent detail. 

CAN176 - British Admiralty: “North America Newfoundland-Southwest Coast. Indian Harbour to Cape Ray.” London 1894 (Corrected to 1970). Detailed soundings in fathoms. Water view of Table Mountain. 26½"x45" #2143.

CAN177 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte de la Baye de Hudson Pour Servir a L'Histoire Générale des Voyages”. Paris. 1757. Colored. 9X12. Finely engraved map by a master hydrographer, shows Hudson's Bay and Strait with a fanciful and speculative depiction of Baffin Island called “Isle De Bonne Fortune” with Cumberland Bay above it. Locates James Bay & Labrador with many lakes, mountains & Indian lands. Very decorative title cartouche in upper right is designed with flower, leaf & scroll motifs.

CAN180 - J. N. BELLIN “Carta Dell'Acadia Isola Reale e Paesi Vicini Di M. B. Ingr della Marina.” Venice 1781. Colored. 8X12¾. From the Teatro Della Guerra Maritima, the Italian edition of Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime”. Chart shows Acadi (Nova Scotia,) Isole Reale (Cape Breton Island,) Isola S. Giovanni (Prince Edward Island,) Baja Francese (Bay of Fundy) and New Brunswick. Locates Halifax and the Bay of Chibouctou, Louisbourg and Cape Sable and shows lakes, mountains, rivers and Indian lands thorughout. Very decorative title cartouche in lower right is designed with leaf, flower and scroll motifs. 

CAN181 - J. N. BELLIN “Carta Del Golfo Di S.Lorenzo e Paesi Vicini.” Venice 1781. Colored. 8½X14. From the Teatro Della Guerra Maritima, the Italian edition of Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime”. Chart shows the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Anticosti Island at the entrance to the St. Lawrence River. Locates Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland and part of New Brunswick and the Gaspe Peninsula. Attractive title cartouche in lower right is designed with scroll, and leaf motifs.

CAN186 - J. TALLIS “Canada and New Brunswick” London & New York. 1851. Colored. 10¼13. Very decorative map with ornamental border frame, shows Northeast Canada bordering the United States and depicts many towns & settlements and Indian territories. Includes the Great Seal of Canada, and a scene of native Indians sitting on the ground looking up at a warrior on a hillside above them, and a view of Quebec with sailing vessels in the Harbor, with the fortified city behind them. An attractive map, finely engraved.

CAN194 - A. H. PETERMANN “Das Nordlichste Land Der Erde Entdeckt 1616 bis 1861. Nach den Olriginslquellen gez. von A. Petermann.” Gotha. 1887. Colored.9½X16½. Very detailed chart in 5 sections shows individual charts outlining the discoveries of 6 explorers to Canada's Northern Arctic Territories above Baffin's Bay from 1616-1861. 1.) Bylot & Baffin. July 1616, 2.) Ross. Aug. 1818, 3.) Inglefield, Aug/Sept. 1852, 4.) Kane 1853-1855, 5.) Hayes. Aug. 1860-July 1861. August Petermann, who drew these charts, was an expert in the geography of the Arctic and had a bay named for him on the coast of Grinnel Land. Born in Germany in 1822, he moved to London in 1847 where he drew maps published by himself and others, and in 1854 he moved back to Germany and joined the Justus Perthes publishing company where he issued his famous “Geographische Mittheilungun” a geographical journal that became world famous. This excellent map was included in his Journal in the 1887 edition. 

CAN196 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Nova Scotia North West Coast. Gulliver Hole to Port Lorne. From British Admiralty Surveys between 1846-1862.” Wash. D.C. 1904 (1927). B/W. 30X41. Includes Annapolis Basin & Digby. #2136 

CAN197 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Dominion of Canada. Nova Scotia. Whitehaven. Original British Survey in 1855.” Wash. D.C. 1889. (1927). 29X24. B/W. #1124. 

CAN198 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “North America. Canada. Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Restigouche River. From a British Survey in 1838. with corrections from Canadian Surveys to 1923.” Wash. D.C. 1908. (1927). B/W. 26½X40. #2496. 

CAN200 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Canada. Nova Scotia. Dover Bay and Approaches. From a British Survey in 1855.” Wash. D.C. 1906 (1927.) 36X25.B/W. #2257...  

CAN201 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “North America. Newfoundland. West Coast. Savage Cove to St. Barbe Bay. From French Surveys between 1853 and 1888.” Wash. D.C. 1898 (1927). 31X26.B/W. Includes 2 inset charts 1. Flower Cove, 2. St. Barbe Harbor. #660.

CAN202 - C. S. HAMMOND “The Maritime Provinces of Canada with insert map of Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island.” N.Y. 1936. Printed color. 10½X15. Excellent map with fine details shows major cities, towns & harbors and depicts the tracks of the Submarine Telegraph from Duxbury, MA. to St. Pierre and the lines from Boston & Portsmouth to Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland. Indicates railroads, steamship lines, lighthouses & marine distances in nautical miles. Published by C. S. Hammond & Co. in Hammond's New World Atlas.

CAN203 - C. S. HAMMOND “Manitoba.” N.Y. 1936. Printed color. 18X11. Fine map of Manitoba bordered by Ontario in the East and Saskatchewan in the West, depicts Winnipeg with railroads leading to the city, and Lake Winnipeg in center locating points and islands throughout it's length. The map indicates land divisions in detail with towns, settlements, forests and many lakes across the region. Includes an insert in top right of the Northern Part of Manitoba. From C. S. Hammond's “New World Atlas.”

CAN204 - J. LODGE “New and Accurate Chart of Hudson's Bay in North America.” London. 1782. Colored. 7X9.Attractive small map shows the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River, part of Nova Scotia (present day New Brunswick) Labrador, James and Hudson's Bays, Hudson's Strait and Cape Walsingham. Around Hudson's Bay is a “New Discovered Sea”, the Severn River and Fort Severn, York Fort, River Nelson and Cape Churchill, Repulse Bay and Cary's Swan's Nest. Also locates Davis's Strait and Groenland (Greenland) with Frobisher's Straits. Map has a decorative compass rose and was published in the Political Magazine in London, on November 1782. Engraved by John Lodge, a prominent London 18th century engraver.

CAN205 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY “Chart of Part of the Coast of Nova Scotia From Documents in the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty.” London. 1825. B/W. 24½X37½. Fine chart shows Cape Sable Island and Cape Sable, Bon Portage Islands, Bear Island, Mutton Islands, Seal Island, Mud Island and the southeastern coast of Nova Scotia from Pubnico Sound to Barrington and Barrington Bay. Locates many areas of “Overfalls”. “Overfalls” are strong breakers caused by winds and currents over irregular bottoms or by currents meeting. Tide rips & tide races frequently cause “Overfalls” such as those indicated on this chart. A number of hydrographical features on the chart are derived from J. F. W. Des Barre's charts of Nova Scotia published in his “Atlantic Neptune” (1774-1781,) and notes on depth soundings give credit to Des Barre's surveys. In top right are detailed Sailing Directions for 1. Seal Island which is covered with scrubby trees, 2, Pubnico is an excellent ship harbor, 3. Barrington Bay has ‘extensive flats’ requiring careful navigation, 4. Bonneta Cove has good anchorages, 5. Shag Harbor is full of shoals, 6. Cape Sable is a low sandy island and the cliffs to the westward are white etc. This is a fine early 1st. edition British Admiralty chart with attractive title calligraphy.

Note: The following maps, CAN211, CAN215 and CAN218, were all drawn from manuscript surveys brought back to Paris by Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761) a Jesuit Priest who explored Canada and North America’s eastern, southern and Gulf Coast regions between 1705 and 1720. The manuscript maps were deposited in the Dept. de la Marine in Paris and were engraved under the direction of J. N. Bellin, (1703-1722.) the Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris. They were ultimately published in Charlevoix’s “L’Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France” in 1744.

CAN211 - P .F. X. de CHARLEVOIX/J. N. BELLIN “Plan De La Baye De Chedabouctou Aujourd’hui Havre de Milfort. Par N. B. Ingenieur de la Marine. 1744.” Paris. 1744. B/W. 8X11. Attractive map shows the Bay of Chedabouctou on Nova Scotia’s eastern coast close to the Canceau Passage between Nova Scotia (Accadie) and (Isle Royale). Chedabouctou was also named Milfort Harbor. Harbor contours are clearly defined and show a town (Le Bourg) a Fort, anchorages, the River de Saumons, Ance a l’Anne, Cap Rouge and I.Madam. Compass rose with decorative fleur-de-lys is situated in the Bay area. A fine map. 

CAN215 - P. F. X. de CHARLEVOIX/J. N. BELLIN “Plan Du Port Dauphin Et De Sa Rade Avec L'Entre de Labrador.” Paris. 1744. B/W. 8X11. This finely engraved chart shows Port Dauphin on the northeast coast of Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island) with the entrance at Cap Dauphin and the Isle Siboux offshore. An inset in top left shows Fort Dauphin and it's battlements & gun batteries, built to defend the harbor. Chart also depicts the entrance to Labrador (the Bras D'Or Lakes) for small vessels sailing in the area. A large compass rose with radiating rhumb lines is positioned in sea area at the entrance to the harbor. A fine chart. 

CAN218 - P. F. X. de CHARLEVOIX/J. N. BELLIN “Carte Des Bayes, Rades et Port de Plaisance dans L'Isle De Terre Neuve.Dressee sur Les Manuscrits du Depot des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la Marine. Par. N. B. Ingenieur du Roy et de la Marine. 1744.” Paris. 1744. B/W. 7¾X11. Fine chart shows the entrance to the harbor of Plaisance on the south coast of Newfoundland. Depth soundings are shown in the Bay and Roads for vessels navigating the waterways and entering from the sea around the Grand Banks. Land contours are clearly delineated. The shore is shown dotted with low scrub areas and a decorative compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer is centered on the chart. Engraved by Dheulland under the direction of the Royal Hydrographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772.)

CAN224 - J. GREENLEAF “Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.” Boston. 1842. Colored. 10½X12½. Finely engraved map shows the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the entrance to the St. Lawrence River. Depicts Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador with the Straits of Belle Isle dividing it from Newfoundland's northwestern coast. The map shows cities, towns, harbors and settlements and includes Sable Island and the Banks of Banquero, Green, Sable, Whale and the Great Bank of Newfoundland offshore. Engraved by Thomas Illman and Edward Pillbrow, the map was included in “A New Universal Atlas” compiled by Jeremiah Greenleaf (1791-1864) published in 1842. Very good condition with original color. 

CAN225 - J. GREENLEAF “West Part of Canada.” Boston. 1842. Colored. 10½X12½. Contrary to the title the map is actually of northeastern Canada and shows Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario with counties depicted in different colors. The map includes cities, towns, harbors and settlements as well as Indian Territories and Manitoulin Lake off Lake Huron and the Thunder Bay Isles. The map was finely engraved by Thomas Illman and Edward Pillbrow and included in “A New Universal Atlas” compiled by Jeremiah Greenleaf (1791-1864) published in 1842. Very good condition with original color.

CAN226 - C. S. HAMMOND “Canada.” NY. c. 1925. Colored. 9X12. Fine map shows all of Canada from the east coast to the west coast and includes the Northwest and Yukon Territories. Depicts cities, towns and harbors, mountains, and rivers and includes 2 small inset maps showing 1.) Toronto on Lake Ontario, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Lake Erie and Detroit, and 2.) Montreal. The map has fine color and excellent detail.

CAN229 - J. CARY “A New Map of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Etc. From the Latest Authorities by John Cary, Engraver. 1807” London. 1807. Colored. 18X20½. Very handsome map shows harbors around Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, St. John's (Prince Edward Island), the Magdalen Islands & Newfoundland. Depicts the Gulf of St. Laurence, & the South Entrance where a note says “very safe channel” between the Island of St. Paul & North Cape on Cape Breton island. Includes all the offshore banks, Green Bank, Banquereau, Sable Bank, Whale Bank, Sambro & Bosway Banks & locates Halifax on the coast of Nova Scotia and St. John's Town on the east coast of Newfoundland. The map was engraved & published by John Cary (1755-1835) one of London's foremost 18th century map & globe makers.

CAN230 - JOHNSON & WARD “Johnson's New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Prince Edward Island by Johnson & Ward.” London. 1862 Colored.12½X15. Attractive map shows counties in different colors & depicts harbors around the coasts, & the Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Magdalen Islands & the Island of Anticosti. Depicts a railroad leading to Halifax, Nova Scotia from New Brunswick & locates St. John's on the east coast of Newfoundland with Sable Island offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. This fine map with excellent detail was published in “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel plate) Family Atlas” in 1862.

CAN232 - H. MOLL “A New Map of Newfoundland, New Scotland, the Isles of Breton, Anticoste, St. John's Etc. Together with the Fishing Bancks, by H. Moll. Geographer.” London. 1717. Colored. 7X10. Attractive early map shows the Bay of Fundy, Acadia (Nova Scotia), Cape Breton Island, St. John's (Prince Edward Island) & Newfoundland. Depicts harbors around the coasts, with capes, bays, inlets, & points and locates the fishing banks in excellent detail along with the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The map was drawn & engraved by Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) one of the foremost mapmakers & publishers in 18th century London, and this fine map was published in his “Atlas Geographicus or a Compleat System of Geography for America.” Printed by John Nicholson in London in 1717.

CAN237 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte De L'Accadie et Pais Voisins. Pour Servir a L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Par M. B. Engr. de la Marine.” Paris. 1757. Colored. 8½X13. Fine chart shows Nova Scotia & the Bay of Fundy named Baye Francoise. Includes Isle St. Jean (Prince Edward Island), & Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island), The chart depicts all major harbors around the coasts, & inland depicts rivers, mountain ranges, lakes and Indian Territories. Offshore are the fishing banks & in lower right is a decorative title cartouche ornamented with leaves, flowers & scrolls. The chart was engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1702-1772) the Director of the Depot de la Marine and Royal Hydrographer to the King. It was published in Prevost's “'L'Histoire Generale des Voyages” in Paris in 1757. Very good condition.

CAN238 - H. MOLL “A Description of the Bay of Fundy Shewing Ye Coasts, Islands, Harbours, Coves, Rocks, Sholes, Soundings & Anchorages Etc. Observed by Nat. Blackmore in Ye Years 1711& 1712. By Her Majesties Special Command.” London 1720-1729. B/W. 8X17. Fine map shows Part of New Scotland (Nova Scotia) with an inset plan of The Harbour of Annapolis Royal with indications of churches, houses & a windmill. The chart covers parts of Maine & New Brunswick & on the Maine coast are Mount Desert Rock, Great Manan Island, Machias & the Mouth of the St. Croix River. A notation says “Mount Desert seen 15 leagues off in very clear weather.” Includes sailing notes in lower left & 3 compass roses 2 with radiating rhumb lines. Engraved by Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) & published in his Atlas Minor. 

CAN239 - J. BELLIN “Karte Von Dem Laufe Des Flusses St Laurenz Von Seiner Muendung An Bis Neber Quebec Zu Der Allgemeinen Historie der Reisen.” Leipzig. 1758. Colored 7 1/2X12. Finely drawn & engraved map depicts the St. Lawrence River from its entrance down to Quebec with islands & harbors en route, on its way to Lake Ontario. Includes a decorative title cartouche in lower right ornamented with leaves & scrolls. From the German edition of Prevost’s Histoire Generale Des Voyages. A very attractive map. 

CAN240 - J. N. BELLIN “Cours Du Fleuve Du Saint Laurent. Depuis La Mer Jusqu’a Quebec.” Paris 1764. Colored, 8 1/2X14. Fine map of the St. Lawrence River & the regions bordering its shoreline. Depicts the River from its Entrance and the island of Anticosti, flowing down to Quebec and from thence to Lake Ontario, including harbors & islands en route. A very elegant & decorative title cartouche in lower left is ornamented with leaves, flowers & scrolls. The map was drawn & engraved by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), the Royal Hydrographer to the King, & published in Le Petit Atlas Maritime. Very good condition. 

CAN241 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte Du Cours Du Fleuve De St. Laurent. Depuis Son Embouchure Jusqu’au Dessus De Quebec.” Pour Servir L’Histoire Generale Des Voyages. Paris 1757. Colored. 8X12. Very attractive map depicts the St. Lawrence River from its entrance at the Gulf down to Quebec & the River St. Charles. Map shows all rivers & harbors en route & includes a decorative title cartouche in lower right ornamented with leaves, scrolls & flowers. Engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), the Royal Hydrographer and published in Prevost’s “L’Histoire Generale des Voyages.” Very good condition. 

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