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Lot 57
[GREAT LAKES REGION]. DE L?ISLE, Guillaume (1675?1726). Car...
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[GREAT LAKES REGION]. DE L?ISLE, Guillaume (1675?1726). Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France? Amsterdam: Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier, [ca. 1722?1733]. Hand?colored engraving (image 495 x 584 mm) of eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region showing the FIRST APPEARANCE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN ON A MAP (1703 issue), decorative cartouche. First published in 1703, De l?Isle and his father found details included in this map in the writings of Lahontan, Joliet, and the Jesuits later selling the plates to Covens and Mortier who reprinted them from 1722 to 1733. Handsomely framed (overall 813 x 876 mm) with museum grade materials with UV conservation glass. Karpinsky, Bibliography of Printed Maps of Michigan, XXXI.
