The general map from an inventive account of late 17th century Canada

LAHONTAN, Louis-Armande de.

Carte Generale du Canada en Petit Point.
Paris, 1741. 95 x 140mm.

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A map of Canada from 'Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. le Baron de Lahontan dans l'Amérique Septentrionale' by Louis-Armand, Baron de Lahontan (1666-c.1716). First published in 1703, this is an account of the nine years he spent there while in the French army. The map shows the St Lawrence River with Quebec and Montreal, and the eastern Great Lakes, with Fort Niagara. In British territory are Boston and Manat (Manhattan).
Although Lahontan's account is useful for the descriptions of French relations with the Algonquin and Iroquois tribes, his claim to have explored west of the Mississippi is regarded with suspicion. This account introduced an imaginary 'Long River' (Riviere Longue), rising in distant western mountains and emptying into the upper Mississippi, copied by nearly all other mapmakers.

KERSHAW: 287, plate 188, the second state of a map first published in the 1715 edition.
Stock ID : 22288