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Carte de L'Isle de Sainte Lucie. (Saint Lucia)

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

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

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1758, 1780.

  • EDITION SIZE: 7 3/4 x 12" (19.5 x 30.2 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s detailed map of the island of Saint Lucia. This map 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.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for faint traces of library stamp bleeding through from the reverse and minor offsetting. Black & white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps