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Nice example of Jaillot's map of Hudson's Bay, Canada, the Great Lakes, Newfoundland, etc.
Excellent early detail for the river systems between Hudson's Bay and the Great Lakes.
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (ca. 1632-1712) was one of the most important French cartographers of the seventeenth century. Jaillot traveled to Paris with his brother, Simon, in 1657, hoping to take advantage of Louis XIV's call to the artists and scientists of France to settle and work in Paris. Originally a sculptor, he married the daughter of Nicholas Berey, Jeanne Berey, in 1664, and went into partnership with Nicholas Sanson's sons. Beginning in 1669, he re-engraved and often enlarged many of Sanson's maps, filling in the gap left by the destruction of the Blaeu's printing establishment in 1672.
![[The First Maps Printed Color] Cartes en Couleur des Lieux Sujets aux tremblements de Terre Dans toutes les parties du Monde Selon le Sisteme de l’impulsion Solaire](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/52293op.jpg)
![[ Aurora Borealis ] Karte der Geographischen Verbreitung des Nordlichtes. Von H. Fritz](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/98483.jpg)
