Atlas of Bellin maps
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Author: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Title: Bound volume of maps by J.N. Bellin to accompany Histoire generale des voyages by Antoine François Prevost d'Exiles
Place Published: Paris
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Date Published: c.1740-1780
Description:
Author: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Title: Bound volume of maps by J.N. Bellin to accompany Histoire generale des voyages by Antoine François Prevost d'Exiles
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:
Date Published: c.1740-1780
Description:
With 71 copper-engraved maps, many folding. (4to) period full calf, raised spine bands, lettering piece reading "Atlas des Voyages."
Composite atlas of maps by the important French mapmaker Jacques Nicolas Bellin to accompany the 20-volume Histoire des Voyages of Prevost d'Exiles. Includes is a large map of the world; coastal maps of Africa; Arabia; the Philippines; China with Korea; Japan; Mexico; the Caribbean and its islands; South America and its various regions; Virginia and the Chesapeake; New England; Carolina and Georgia; Hudson's Bay region; Straight of Magellan; Kamtchatka; a large Southern Hemisphere; and many more.
Condition
Binding scuffed and worn, but sound; some wear at folds to the larger maps, and to untrimmed page edges, a number detached; overall very good.
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Atlas of Bellin maps
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