CARTE DU CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE ET DE SES ENVIRONS 1752
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Interesting and detailed map of the Cape , Capetown and Stellen bosch.
Shows mountains rivers etc
The map shows the geometry lines from the early precise mapping.
Good hand colour
Very good condition
code : M3955
Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
Date : 1752 Paris
Size : 20*15 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and prolific French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century, in the service of the French Hydrographical Office. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.
Bellin was responsible for an enormous output of charts and maps. In a large folio format, he issued a volume of sea-charts of France, the Neptune Francois, and several sea-atlases of the World, including the Atlas Maritime and the Hydrographie Francaise. These large charts were amongst the best of the period and continued being reissued throughout the second half of the eighteenth century.
In smaller format, he issued the Petit Atlas Maritime (1764),which contained 580 detailed charts, as well as maps to illustrate l'Abbe Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages (1746-1757). Bellin also produced a substantial number of important separately issued maps, particularly reflecting continuing discoveries and political events in the Americas.
