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COUAGNE, Jean-Baptiste de (1687-1740). Nouvelle France. Canada: 1711. 16thcworld24 the Creole son of aCOUAGNE, Jean Baptiste de (1687 1740). Nouvelle France. Canada: 1711. Single sheet (paper size: 19 x 27 in.; 48. 2 x 70 cm.); Framed size: 30 x 39 in.; 76. 8 x 99cm). In pen and ink with green color wash; central vertical crease. THE FIRST MAP OF CANADA BY A CANADIAN CARTOGRAPHER ANDPRODUCED IN THE NEW WORLD. EXCEPTIONALLY FINE ORIGINALMANUSCRIPT MAP OF "NOUVELLE FRANCE". This unique and exquisitely rendered, large scale original manuscript map shows