Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1703 - 72

Bellin spent over fifty years at the French Hydrographic Service where he was appointed the first Ingeniuer hydrogrographe de la Marine. During his time there he was commissioned to carry out major surveys, first of the coasts of France and later all the known coasts of the world. This resulted in production of a large number of sea charts of the highest quality which appeared in many editions with varying numbers of charts to the end of the century.

He was appointed Hydrographer to the King and was a member of the Royal Society in London.
Atlases by Bellin include:

Maps for Prevost's L'Histoire Générale des Voyages - 1747-61.
Atlas Maritime - 1751.
Neptune François - 1753 and re-issues.
Partie occidentale et orientale de la Nouvelle France, ou du Canada - 1755.
Hydrographie Françoise: 2 volumes 1756-65 re-issues to 1802.
Guiana - 1757.
Essai géographique sur les Isles des Britanniques - 1757.
Petit Atlas Maritime: 5 Volumes - 1764.
Corsica - 1769.
Gulf of Venice - 1771.
Charts of the Caribbean - 1773.

Antique maps from the 18th century by Bellin.
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Maldives and Maluka Islands, Bellin circa 1753, 216 x 315mm, £120
China and Mongolia - Pour Servier a l'Histoire Generale de Voyages Tiree des Auteurs Anglois, N. Bellin 1749, 222 x 310, £40.00
Kamchatka - East Russia, Laurent/Bellin circa 1764, 516 x 297mm, £80.00
Manchuria - North East China - Carte de la Tartarie Orientale, c.1749, 210 x 312mm, £60.00
Russia (North) - Carte du Detroit Detroit de Waigats ou de Nassau, C.1765 200 x 305, £95
Russia (North) - Stuck Von Dem Eis-meer Welches Neu Zembla un das land der Samoiden. H. Bellin C.1765, 215 x 340, £90

Antique maps from the 18th century by Bellin.

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