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Jacques Nicolas Bellin 'Essai d’une carte réduite contenant les parties connues du globe terrestre'
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191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
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Jacques Nicolas Bellin
Essai d’une carte réduite contenant les parties connues du globe terrestre
Dedie A M Le Comte De Maurepas... par N. Bellin, ingénieur ordinaire de la Marine 1748 [ca1780], 520 x 715mm. Hand coloured, map of the world on a Mercator projection, decorative cartouche. VG.
This map, first published in 1748, was reissued ca 1780 with the latest geographic discoveries. Published shortly after Bellin’s death in 1772, it underlines the importance of his work to European geography. New Zealand, in the east, is drawn based on Cook’s detailed survey completed during his first voyage to observe the Transit of Venus in Tahiti, which is shown on the left portion of the map.
Essai d’une carte réduite contenant les parties connues du globe terrestre
Dedie A M Le Comte De Maurepas... par N. Bellin, ingénieur ordinaire de la Marine 1748 [ca1780], 520 x 715mm. Hand coloured, map of the world on a Mercator projection, decorative cartouche. VG.
This map, first published in 1748, was reissued ca 1780 with the latest geographic discoveries. Published shortly after Bellin’s death in 1772, it underlines the importance of his work to European geography. New Zealand, in the east, is drawn based on Cook’s detailed survey completed during his first voyage to observe the Transit of Venus in Tahiti, which is shown on the left portion of the map.
