Mexico - Zihuatanejo & Acapulco Bay - Bellin old map 1748

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Mexico - Zihuatanejo & Acapulco Bay - Bellin old map 1748
Title: Vue de L’Entree de Chequetan ou Seguataneo - Vue de L’Entree du Port D’Acapulco.
Description: Mexico Zihuatanejo & Acapulco old antique copperplate engraved map wilt hand coloring by the mapmaker Nicolas Bellin.
The town now known as Zihuatanejo was simply a very small fishing village, surrounded by large haciendas. In the second half of the 16th century, the original Spanish shipyards at Zacatula burned. Unable to reconstruct them, new ones were built at Zihuatanejo. The surrounding haciendas occasionally used the bay as a port to ship wood and minerals. The bay was visited during the colonial period by famous pirates such as Sir Francis Drake, William Dampier and Anzón, with the later sinking the Spanish ship Caramelo here.
Cartographer/mapmaker
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772)
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50 year career, he produced a large number of maps of particular interest to the Ministère de la Marine.
Engraved by Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley a Dutch engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart.
Most of the plates in the Dutch edition of Prévost's "Histoire générale des voyages" are signed by van der Schley.
Publishers: Prévost, Abbé, 1697-1763 - Meusnier de Querlon, A.-G. 1702-1780 - Pierre de Hondt, The Hague between 1747 – 1780.
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Size:
Sheet app.: 20.5 x 16.5 cm. 8 x 6.5 inches.
Image app.: 16.5 x 11 cm. 6.5 x 4.5 inches.
Condition: Very good map in fine condition.
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