MAP OF COUNTRIES KNOWN AS CANADA
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"Carte des pays connus sous le nom de Canada" (Map of countries known as Canada), dedicated and presented to the Monseigneur le Comte d'Argenson, for the Department of War, showing land owned by the French & the English. This rare, second state, separate issue map by Sieur Robert de Vaugondy, ("King's Geographer"), depicts the region of North America East of the Great Lakes. First published in 1753, the map dates to a period of conflicting colonial claims, with the French and the British each asserting claims to the Ohio Valley & Trans-Appalachian West. With a supplement for Terre-Neuve (Newfoundland) lower right. Hand-coloured, measuring 19 1/4" x 27 1/2" at sight. Archival framing, creasing, minor staining.
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MAP OF COUNTRIES KNOWN AS CANADA
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