PLAN DE LA BAYE DE RIO-JANEIRO
£225
Rare Bellin chart of the Bay of Rio De Janeiro.
Double page chart of the bay with depths.
Legend of the few places existing at the time ... Benedictines, Jesuits etc.
Compass rose & rhum lines. Cartouche. Printed on heavy paper. Small blemish otherwise..
Very good condition.
code : M3979
Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
Date : 1764 Paris
Size : 22.5*33 cms
availability : Available
Price : £225
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.
