Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
31 x 15 cm
Lake Champlain, the Richelieu River, and the St Lawrence River to Montreal. French map based on the most recent discoveries with the French forts marked.
This region would become an important battle-ground during the French & Indian War and during the American Revolution, with the British eager to gain and maintain control of the strategic waterway between New York and Canada.
Coloured. [USA9026]