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Carte des Isles Philippines Celebes et Moluques.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Antoine Francois Prevost, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1746-59

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 5/8 x 6 1/8" (22.1 x 15.5 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A well engraved map that appeared in Prevost "Historie Generale des Voyages...". This work covered all the known areas of the world. This map shows the Philippines, including the Moluques, part of the New Guinea, Gilolo, Timor and parts of Borneo and Java. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also the Official Hydrographer to the French King.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps