1750 Deuxieme Carte des Isles de la Sonde
Jacques Nicolas Bellin
Copper engraving published in Prevost's "Histoire de Voyage". Published in Paris, ca. 1750.
SIZE: 240 x 235
CONDITION: Excellent. Folds are as issued. Hand-coloured.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes.
ABOUT THE CARTOGRAPHER
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes.
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50-year career, he produced a large number of maps of particular interest to the Ministère de la Marine. His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. He died at Versailles.
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