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[Detroit] La Rivière du Détroit Depuis le lac Sainte Claire jusqu'au Lac Erié. |
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Description
This is the first separately printed map of Detroit, showing the village, fort, anchorages, islands and navigational hazards, with an inset of the fort with five lettered references. The tilled farmland represented is conjectural.
From Bellin's Petit atlas maritime.Tome I N.12.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.
Bellin also produced a substantial number of important separately issued maps, particularly reflecting continuing discoveries and political events in the Americas.
His maps and charts were finely engraved and produced, and set a high standard of accuracy. °
Reference: Sellers and van Ee, map 777, Karpinski,p.154-5, Tooley, Mapping, pl.114.
From Bellin's Petit atlas maritime.Tome I N.12.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.
Bellin also produced a substantial number of important separately issued maps, particularly reflecting continuing discoveries and political events in the Americas.
His maps and charts were finely engraved and produced, and set a high standard of accuracy. °
Reference: Sellers and van Ee, map 777, Karpinski,p.154-5, Tooley, Mapping, pl.114.