Carte de la coste de Labrador depuis les isles de Maingan iusqu'au detroit de Belisle / par Boishebert lieutenant dans le troupes de la Marine entreten pour la service de sa Majesté en la Nouelle France. 1715.

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Carte de la coste de Labrador depuis les isles de Maingan iusqu'au detroit de Belisle / par Boishebert lieutenant dans le troupes de la Marine entreten pour la service de sa Majesté en la Nouelle France. 1715.

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Strip map detailing the Gulf of Saint Lawrence coast between southeastern Québec and southern Labrador. The first section spans the region bounded by the mouth of the Saint John River (opposite Anticosti Island) eastward past Longue-Pointe (or Mingan) to the Forteau Bay region in the Strait of Belle Isle. Identifies the estates of "Bissot", "Jollet", and "Sr. de Courtemanche", and old Fort Pontchartrain; includes Indian place names. The second section (scale ca. 1:1,160,000) continues past the Strait to the east and north as far as "Grande Riviere de Quessesakiou" (i.e. St. Lewis Sound?) in Labrador: Nouvelle decouverte fait par Constantin depuis la Riviere des François, qui est a dix lieües ... de Monsieur de Courtemanche ... 1715. Augustin Le Gardeur de Courtemanche, colonial ambassador and commandant on the Labrador coast, hired trader and officer Pierre Constantin in 1700 to explore the coast and establish a trading post on the St. Paul River; see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Inset map (258 x 371 mm. ; scale ca. 1:172,000): Partie de la coste de Labrador en la Nouvelle France ... depuis le Petit Havre jusque a la Forte Eaux. Shows the Bradore Bay region ("Baye de Phelipeaux") and locates the Courtemanche estate.

1 ms. map : hand col. ; in 2 sections (240 x 686 mm. and 260 x 309 mm.), on sheet 560 x 721 mm.

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