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Plan de Port Royal et de ses Environs Situe dans la Baye de Campeche.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

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

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1757.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image 7 3/8 x 5 1/2" (18.7 x 14 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s detailed map of the Bay of Campeche with the island of Port Royal in the Yucatan, Mexico. 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. 273"

  • CONDITION: Good condition. B/W

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps