Bellin: Antique Map of Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean, 1757
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The prolific French cartographer Bellin's West Indies and Gulf Coast map for Prevost d'Exiles' influential Histoire Generale des Voyages includes the routes of the conquistadors Ponce de Leon, Hernandez de Cordoba, and Cortez, as well as a delightful scrollwork and floral cartouche.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin(1703-1772) was a French cartographer, hydrographer and geographer. Born in Paris, Bellin was a member of the French intellectual group, the philosophes, a member of the Academie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. His career spanned over five decades in which he produced a large number of maps for the Dépot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.
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outline color; washed; some nicks and splits in edges of margins, repaired.?
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Bellin: Antique Map of Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean, 1757
Estimate $135 - $150
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