Price: $125.00
SKU: 95667
ARTIST: Jacques Bellin
PUBLISHER: Published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: 1753
EDITION SIZE: Image 8 3/4 x 10 7/8" (22.2 x 27.6 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s detailed small map of the fort of Cayenne. 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. Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 294"
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 15 inch archival mylar for handling.
CONDITION: Good condition. B/W
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