Bellin: Antique Map of West Coast of Africa, 1759
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Small chart of the African coast near the bay of Arguim (Arguin) from the Dutch version of Prevost's widely published history originally engraved by Bellin. This copperplate, engraved by J.V. Schley., shows the African coast with both French and Dutch place names. Highlights the island of Arguim which was the site of an important Portugese trading post / slave fort from which as many as 1000 slaves may have been sold each year.
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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Very good. Uniformly browned chain-laid paper. Strong impression.
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Bellin: Antique Map of West Coast of Africa, 1759
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