CARTE DES ISLES DE HETLAND OU SCHETLAND
£145
Attractive map of the Shetland Islands with decorative cartouche
Scarce. I can find no other for sale.
Probably in published by Schley in an edition of Histoire Generale des Voyages.
Cartographer Nicolas Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine, Paris
Excellent hand colour
Mint
code : M4468
Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
Date : 1760 Paris
Size : 22 x 17.5
availability : Available
Price : £145
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.
