The Great Lakes by Nicolas Bellin, 1752

The Great Lakes were strategically important to the control of the interior of the continent. The manuscript atlas of which this map is part was given to the Canadian government by the British government in 1967 on the centenary of Confederation.

Catalogue entry:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772.
Partie occidentale du Canada contenant les lacs Ontario, Huron, Erié, et le lac Superieur. — Scale [ca. 1:2 750 000]. — 1752. — 1 map : ms., col. ; 54 x 80 cm, on sheet 57 x 85 cm. — In Cartes de la Nouvelle-France ou Canada. Atlas ms. —

Ref. No.: NMC 085134