Plan de Port-Royal Isla del Carmen (Port Royal) Bellin 1754

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Plan de Port-Royal Isla del Carmen (Port Royal) Bellin 1754
Title : Plan de Port-Royal et des Environs dans la Baye de Campeche.
Description: Mexico, old antique map of the Laguna de Terminos, Isla del Carmen (Port Royal) and the Grijalva River (Tobasco). The map is copperplate engraved with hand coloring.
Mapmaker Nicolas Bellin.
Origin: Abbe Prevost d'Exiles. Histoire generale des voyages.
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.: 17 x 23 cm. 6.5 x 9 inches.
Image app.: 14.5 x 20.5 cm. 5.5 x 8 inches.
Condition: Very good, folds as published.
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