Visscher, Nicolaus: Carte Nouvelle Contenant la Partie d´Amerique la Plus Septentrionale, ou sont Exactement Decrites les Provinces Suivantes comme le Canada ou Nouvelle France, la Nouvelle Ecosse, la Nouvelle Angleterre. 1680

English
Canada
Visscher, Nicolas
ca. 1680
copperplate engraving
Coloured
47 x 59 cm
ORIGINAL

Canada and New France, based on the maps the maps of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772). Bellin was highly regarded in the French civil service and would become the Royal Hydrographer. His major works include the publication of the Seeatlasses "Le Neptune Francois" in 1744. The Homann Heirs (Homann Erben) was a company that continued the work of legendary cartographer Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was at one time geographer of the Holy Roman Empire. The Heirs were in business until from 1730 -1852.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmaker, Early World Press, 2004, p361

Deutsch
Kanada
Visscher, Nicolas
ca. 1680
Kupferstich
Altkoloriert
47 x 59 cm
ORIGINALKARTE

Erste Ausgabe der Karte von Visscher, die Newfoundland, New Brunswick und Nova Scotiazeigt. Veröffentlicht wurde die Karte im Atlas Minor Sive Geographia.