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Carta dell' Isola di S. Cristoforo.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published Rome.

  • MEDIUM: Copper engraving,

    DATE: c. 1784.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/2 x 11 3/8" (19 x 29 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, a prolific 18th-century cartographer and official hydrographer to the French king, created a variety of sea charts, atlases, and individual maps during his career detailing regions around the world.<br><br>This is an Italian issue of a localized map showing the island of St. Kitts – which Christopher Columbus had originally named San Cristoforo after himself. The map includes a compass rose crossing the chart, labels regions and harbors around the island, and provides topographical detail for rivers and mountain elevations.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition with the usual traces of original folds.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps