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Bellin: Antique Map of Saint Kitts Island, 1758
Bellin: Antique Map of Saint Kitts Island, 1758
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  • Title/Content of Map: 'Carte de l'Isle St. Christophe Pour servir à l'Histoire Générale des Voyages par M. B. Ingr. de la Marine' A map of the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts (or St Christopher), and the town of Basseterre
  • Date Printed: 1758
  • Image Size: Approx 22.0 x 33.0cm, 8.75 x 13 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map .
  • Type: Antique 18th century copperplate map
  • Condition: Fair: Offsetting - text and/or images from the facing page have left an impression on the print. Spot.
  • Verso: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
  • Folding: This is a folding map.
  • Artist/Cartographer/Engraver: Jacques-Nicholas Bellin
  • Provenance: Atlas de "l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", by Antoine François Prévost (the Abbé Prévost)

    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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  • Condition
    Fair: Offsetting - text and/or images from the facing page have left an impression on the print. Spot.
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