PORT DE LA HAVANE DANS L'ISLE DE CUBE

£180

Scarce detailed chart of the Port and town of Havana.

The city, for it has a cathedral, shows the layout by the Spanish.

Depths shown in harbour. The Isle de Puta ( Isle of prostitutes) in harbour.

Finely engraved

Excellent hand colour

Mint condition

code : M5270

Cartographer : Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN

Date : 1764 Paris

Size : 23*17.5 cms sheet 32*23 cms

availability : Available

Price : £180

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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.