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CARIBBEAN - CARTE DU GOLPHE DU MEXIQUE.... BY BELLIN, PARIS 1755.
$ 182.16
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CARTE DU GOLPHE DU MEXIQUE ET DES ISLES DE L' AMERIQUE..Attractive copper line engraved map of the West Indies produced by Bellin to accompany Prevost's 'Histoire General des Voyages'. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was probably the most important French cartographer of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the King
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The present map is dated circa 1755.
Measures approx. 275 x 380 mm. Good condition, see photo. old folds..
Hand coloured
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A guaranteed genuine antique map
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