Isles of Japan and the Eastern Ocean - Philippines, Japan, Borneo, Taiwan - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - 1746
Suite De L'Ocean Oriental Contenant Les Isles De La Sonde Les Costes De Tunquin Et De La Chine Les Isles Du Japon Les Philippines Moluques
Bellin's dramatically designed "continuation" of his Eastern Ocean encompasses the Isles de la Sonde (Indonesia), the coasts of Tonkin and China, Korea, the islands of Japan, the Philippines, and the Moluccas. as well the Marianas and New Guinea.
At nearly the centre of the map is a bold compass rose and in the upper left corner, a decorative, rococo-style cartouche. From Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, a French geographer, was among the most important mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at the age of 18, he was appointed hydrographer of the Ministry of the Navy following the French hydrographic office's creation and the Dépot of charts and plans of the Navy. Appointed hydrographic engineer in August 1741. Member of the Academy of the Navy and the Royal Society of London.
Over the course of a 50-year career, he drew the maps of several major works of his time such as Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle-France de Charlevoix (1744); Histoire générale des voyages de l'Abbé Prévost (published between 1746 and 1759) ); Neptune François (1753), Hydrographie Françoise (1756-1765), and Petit Atlas Français (1763) - reissued as Petit Atlas Maritime (1765). He is the most copied cartographer of the 18th century.
His maps of Canada and the French territories of North America are of considerable value. This is all the more remarkable since, an archetype of the cabinet cartographer, Bellin never came to America. For his cartography of the St. Lawrence River, he entrusted handwritten maps to navigators to correct and enrich. With each return of these maps, he was updating his knowledge. Two basic needs drive its cartography of North America: to secure navigation on the St. Lawrence River and to claim for France the lands explored by the French in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin died on March 21, 1772, in Versailles. In the burial certificate, he is described as "the first engineer of the navy and the deposit of plans, royal censor of the academy of navy and the royal society of London".
Excellent hand colour. Very good condition.
Suite De L'Ocean Oriental Contenant Les Isles De La Sonde Les Costes De Tunquin Et De La Chine Les Isles Du Japon Les Philippines Moluques
Bellin's dramatically designed "continuation" of his Eastern Ocean encompasses the Isles de la Sonde (Indonesia), the coasts of Tonkin and China, Korea, the islands of Japan, the Philippines, and the Moluccas. as well the Marianas and New Guinea.
At nearly the centre of the map is a bold compass rose and in the upper left corner, a decorative, rococo-style cartouche. From Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, a French geographer, was among the most important mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at the age of 18, he was appointed hydrographer of the Ministry of the Navy following the French hydrographic office's creation and the Dépot of charts and plans of the Navy. Appointed hydrographic engineer in August 1741. Member of the Academy of the Navy and the Royal Society of London.
Over the course of a 50-year career, he drew the maps of several major works of his time such as Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle-France de Charlevoix (1744); Histoire générale des voyages de l'Abbé Prévost (published between 1746 and 1759) ); Neptune François (1753), Hydrographie Françoise (1756-1765), and Petit Atlas Français (1763) - reissued as Petit Atlas Maritime (1765). He is the most copied cartographer of the 18th century.
His maps of Canada and the French territories of North America are of considerable value. This is all the more remarkable since, an archetype of the cabinet cartographer, Bellin never came to America. For his cartography of the St. Lawrence River, he entrusted handwritten maps to navigators to correct and enrich. With each return of these maps, he was updating his knowledge. Two basic needs drive its cartography of North America: to secure navigation on the St. Lawrence River and to claim for France the lands explored by the French in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin died on March 21, 1772, in Versailles. In the burial certificate, he is described as "the first engineer of the navy and the deposit of plans, royal censor of the academy of navy and the royal society of London".
Excellent hand colour. Very good condition.
Suite De L'Ocean Oriental Contenant Les Isles De La Sonde Les Costes De Tunquin Et De La Chine Les Isles Du Japon Les Philippines Moluques
Bellin's dramatically designed "continuation" of his Eastern Ocean encompasses the Isles de la Sonde (Indonesia), the coasts of Tonkin and China, Korea, the islands of Japan, the Philippines, and the Moluccas. as well the Marianas and New Guinea.
At nearly the centre of the map is a bold compass rose and in the upper left corner, a decorative, rococo-style cartouche. From Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, a French geographer, was among the most important mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at the age of 18, he was appointed hydrographer of the Ministry of the Navy following the French hydrographic office's creation and the Dépot of charts and plans of the Navy. Appointed hydrographic engineer in August 1741. Member of the Academy of the Navy and the Royal Society of London.
Over the course of a 50-year career, he drew the maps of several major works of his time such as Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle-France de Charlevoix (1744); Histoire générale des voyages de l'Abbé Prévost (published between 1746 and 1759) ); Neptune François (1753), Hydrographie Françoise (1756-1765), and Petit Atlas Français (1763) - reissued as Petit Atlas Maritime (1765). He is the most copied cartographer of the 18th century.
His maps of Canada and the French territories of North America are of considerable value. This is all the more remarkable since, an archetype of the cabinet cartographer, Bellin never came to America. For his cartography of the St. Lawrence River, he entrusted handwritten maps to navigators to correct and enrich. With each return of these maps, he was updating his knowledge. Two basic needs drive its cartography of North America: to secure navigation on the St. Lawrence River and to claim for France the lands explored by the French in the Great Lakes region and along the Mississippi River.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin died on March 21, 1772, in Versailles. In the burial certificate, he is described as "the first engineer of the navy and the deposit of plans, royal censor of the academy of navy and the royal society of London".
Excellent hand colour. Very good condition.
Code : A580
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Date : Publication Place / Date - Paris 1746
Size : Sheet size: 33 x 32 cm / 12,9 x 12,5 inches
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine Antique
Grading - A
Tracked postage, in tubular casement. Please contact me for postal quotation outside of the UK.