BRITISH ISLES CARTE REDUITE DES ISLES BRITANNIQUES
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Very Rare large map of the British Isles.Printed for the Depot De La Marine with stamp and anchor.Dated 1757 and stating that it is the reduced map of the 5 maps of the British Isles.For the service of the Vessels of the King!Details such as sand banks,anchorages all around the coast of Britain differentiate this map from any other large eighteenth century map of Britain.Printed on heavy paper.Hand colour.Very good condition.
code : M1992
Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN
Date : 1757 Paris
Size : 56*99cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
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.
