Bidspirit auction | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Rare Antique Map - Hudson Bay Chart - Old Map of North America - Bellin - Jacques. ”Carte de la Baye de Hudson”. Its finely engraved, hand-coloring engraved map from the Dutch edition of acques Nicolas Bellin Histoire ”General of Travel”. Published in Amsterdam. A handsome chart of Hudson Bay and Labrador engraved in Bellin's crisp style depicting the mountains and coastal features. There is a note in French in the far northwest corner of the map near Wager Water explaining that the English had searched for a Northwest Passage in that part, but it did not exist. Henry Ellis had explored in those rivers and inlets during his search for a Northwest Passage in 1746.