Jacques Bellin

Plan de la Baye et Ville de Portobello en 1736

Copper plate engraving, c.1757.
Image 7 1/2 x 12 3/4" (19 x 32.5 cm).
Good condition. B/W LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 95656
Price: $100.00
Publisher : Published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris. Bellin’s detailed small map the Port of Portobelo Panama. This map appeared in Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".

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.

Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 288" Maps

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