Bellin: Antique Map of the Carolinas and Georgia, 1757
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Bellin's highly detailed map of Georgia and the Carolinas with an elegant title cartouche, from Prevost d'Exiles' Histoire Generale des Voyages. Rich in place names and topographical details, the map extends from Albemarle Sound in what is now North Carolina to Jekyll Island in Georgia and west to the Appalachians and beyond.
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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b&w; overall age toning; some spotting and staining; a tiny repaired puncture hole in the lower left quadrant; margins extended with contemporary paper to fit the size of the atlas volume?
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Bellin: Antique Map of the Carolinas and Georgia, 1757
Estimate $60 - $70
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