1744 Nicolas Bellin Large Important Antique Map of North America, Charlevoix Czech Republic The Lac or Laguna Xarayes

The Lac or Laguna Xarayes was often considered to be a gateway to the Amazon and the Kingdom of El Dorado

those showing a Scale of Passes being the places he had mapped himself

and the Dutch in Bahia and Pernambuco

Barthelemy was the author of a number of learned works on antiquarian subjects

repair to top & bottom margin

1744 Nicolas Bellin Large Important Antique Map of North America, Charlevoix Czech Republic The Lac or Laguna XarayesTitle : Carte De La Louisiane Cours Du Mississipi et Pais Voisions Dediee a M la Comte de Maurepas Par N Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine, 1744 Date : 1744 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 93108 Size: 29in x 20in (735mm x 515mm) Description: This large original hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of North America by Nicolas Bellin, in 1744 dated was engraved by Guillaume Dheulland (1700 1770) & published in Pierre Francois Xavier