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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Carte Reduite des Isles Antilles?Pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roi

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maps, Atlases & Globes Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Carte Reduite des Isles Antilles?Pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roi
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Carte Reduite Des Isles Antillespour Le Service Des Vaisseaux Du Roi. Paris : [Dpartement de la Marine], 1758. Sheet size: 35� x 23", hand colored. A very attractive, detailed sea chart on two joined sheets covering the region from the Virgin Islands to Grenada. Lovely decorative title cartouche and inset: "Carte particulire des Isles des Virges" within a decorative cartouche; also, two views of the Island of Saint Eustatius in the Dutch Antilles. On very thick paper; minor soiling; one light damp stain at lower edge. An uncommon map. Bellin was the senior hydrographic engineer of the Dpt de la Marine. He wrote a five-volume treatise on Gulf Navigation in 1749.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.