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Plan du Port D'Acapulco Sur la Cote du Mexique dans la Mer du Sud. (Acapulco, Mexico)

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1760.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image 7 1/2 x 6" (19.2 x 15.1 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s map of the port of Acapulco, Mexico which appeared in Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br><br> The cartographer 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. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 270"

  • CONDITION: Good condition. B/W

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps