ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP
Title: "Kaart van't Koningryk Whidah of Juida ou Whidah"
Author: van der Schley
Mapmaker: J. N. Bellin
Publisher: P. de Hondt. La Haye.
Note: from "Histoire Générale des Voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre"
Size:
Sheet 25 cm x 35,5 cm
Engraving 20,5 cm x 27 cm
Condition: very good
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was among the most important
mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at only the age of 18, he
was appointed Hydrographer to the French Navy. In August 1741, he became
the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la
Marine. Bellin set a very high standard of workmanship and accuracy,
cementing France's leading role in European cartography and geography
during this period. Many of his maps were copied by other mapmakers
across the continent.
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