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Bellin: Antique Map of Louisiana/Mississippi Basin 1750
Bellin: Antique Map of Louisiana/Mississippi Basin 1750
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  • Map: Karte von Luisiana, dem Laufe des Mississippi und den Benachbarten Laendern
  • Cartographer: Bellin
  • Place & Date: Leipzig / 1750 (?)
  • Size: 21 1/2" x 15 1/2"
  • Condition: b&w; overall age toning, a few minor spots, folds as issued

    The rare German edition of Bellin's important North America map, focusing on the Mississippi basin and extending from Lake Huron to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rio Grande. Features include excellent hydrographic detail; many names of towns, forts and settlements (especially along the Rio Grande); and many notes on geographical features and Indian tribes. From the German edition of Prevost d'Exile's Histoire Generale des Voyages.

    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
    b&w; overall age toning, a few minor spots, folds as isued?
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    Bellin: Antique Map of Louisiana/Mississippi Basin 1750

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