CARTE DES ISLES PHILIPPINES 1er FEUILLE
£185
Attractive map of the northern islands of the Philippines archipelago to include Luzon, Mindoro, and the city of Manila.
Typical of the Bellin style, the map is hand coloured with an elaborate Rocco-style title cartouche.
Very good hand colour
Mint condition
Publishedin : Jean-Francois de la Harpe’s Abrege L’Histoire Générale des Voyages (Paris: Hotel de Thou, 1780)
code : M5332
Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
Date : 1752 / 1780 Paris
Size : 21*15.5 cms sheet 25*20 cms
availability : Available
Price : £185
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.
