CARTE DE L'ISLANDE
£165
Good detailed and attractive map of Iceland by Bellin from Histoire des Voyages.
The map is based on Peder Horrebow a Danish astronomer. It shows villages and churches and graphically delineates the mountains, including Mt. Hekla, rivers, lakes and forests. In lay explanation a compass rose and large decorative title cartouche.
Flattened folds
Excellent hand colour
Very good condition
Taken from the book “Histoire generale des Voyages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre” published by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in Paris 1758.
code : M4778
Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
Date : 1758 Paris
Size : 31*39 cms
availability : Available
Price : £165
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.
