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Carte de de l'Isle St. Christophe. (Saint Kitts)

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

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

  • MEDIUM: Copper engraving,

    DATE: 1747-80.

  • EDITION SIZE: 7 7/16 x 12" (18.9 x 30.5 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s detailed plan of the Island of St. Kitts. 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: Fine condition. Black and white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps