Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Carte Reduite des Isles Antilles…Pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roi. Paris : [Département de la Marine], 1758. Sheet size: 35½ x 23", hand colored. A very attractive, detailed sea chart on two joined sheets covering the region from the Virgin Islands to Grenada. Lovely decorative title cartouche and inset: "Carte particulière des Isles des Vièrges" within a decorative cartouche; also, two views of the Island of Saint Eustatius in the Dutch Antilles. On very thick paper; minor soiling; one light damp stain at lower edge. An uncommon map. Bellin was the senior hydrographic engineer of the Dépôt de la Marine. He wrote a five-volume treatise on Gulf Navigation in 1749. Estimated Value $250 - 350
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