Bellin Jacques Nicolas: Description geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree : avec des Remarques pour la Navigation, & des Cartes & Plans des Cotes, Villes, Ports & Mouillages

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas: Description geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree : avec des Remarques pour la Navigation, & des Cartes & Plans des Cotes, Villes, Ports & Mouillages 

49 geographical maps: copper engraving

Atlas of the Gulf of Venice and Greece, which includes the entire Adriatic Sea. The mostly missing title page is the work of Arrivet as well as 49 maps and plans, including 14 folding ones (Gulf of Venice, islands located between Istria and Dalmatia, Corfu, Morea, Isthmus of Corinth, plans of Venice, Navarino, Port of Modon or even the port of Athens). Hidden under a somewhat misleading title, this rather significant work is an atlas of the coasts of Greece (from Zante to Corinth) and the coast of the Adriatic Sea (from Brindisi to Venice and from Triese to Corfu), then little known in France. Bellino's works are known to contain most of the knowledge available at the time they were written. This is why they have been in general use for a long time. Jacques Nicolas Bellin entered the Depot of Naval Charts and Plans shortly after its creation, in 1721, and spent his entire life there. Appointed hydrographic engineer in August 1741, he embodied the same type of bedroom geographer as he never traveled himself and limited himself to working on documents given to him by navigators. In his fifty years of activity, he collected a huge amount of geographical knowledge of his time and, as the first marine engineer, created maps of all known seas for the service of ships. He published numerous works and atlases such as the Geographical Description of Guyana in 1763, the Description of the Antilles in 1758, the Description of the Island of Corsica in 1769, or the Neptune François in 1773. He was a member of the Naval Academy and the Royal Society in London. His most famous atlases are "Hydrographique Francais" in 2 volumes (1756-1765) and "Petit Atlas Francais" in 5 volumes (1763), which was republished in 1765 under the title "Petit Atlas Maritime". He also created the atlas attached to Abbe Prevost's work "Histoire Generale des Voyages (1746-1757)".

Ex libris: Boistel d'Welles heraldic bookplate, wet stamp on the title (early 20th century)

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772), French cartographer and royal hydrographer. Considering that he was the main French maritime cartographer, he produced a large number of nautical charts, especially those relating to the French colonies.

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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas: Description geographique du Golfe de Venise et de la Moree : avec des Remarques pour la Navigation, & des Cartes & Plans des Cotes, Villes, Ports & Mouillages 

49 geographical maps: copper engraving

Atlas of the Venetian Gulf and Greece, which includes the entire Adriatic Sea. The title page is mostly missing and it is the work of Arrive as well as 49 maps and plans, including 14 folding ones (Gulf of Venice, islands located between Istria and Dalmatia, Corfu, Morea, Isthmus of Corinth, plans of Venice, Navarino, Port of Modon or even the port of Athens). Hidden under a somewhat misleading title, this rather significant work is an atlas of the coasts of Greece (from Zante to Corinth) and the coast of the Adriatic Sea (from Brindisi to Venice and from Triese to Corfu), then little known in France. Bellino's works are known to contain most of the knowledge available at the time they were written. This is why they have been in general use for a long time. Jacques Nicolas Bellin entered the Depot of Naval Charts and Plans shortly after its creation, in 1721, and spent his entire life there. Appointed hydrographic engineer in August 1741, he embodied the same type of bedroom geographer as he never traveled himself and limited himself to working on documents given to him by navigators. In his fifty years of activity, he collected a huge amount of geographical knowledge of his time and, as the first marine engineer, created maps of all known seas for the service of ships. He published numerous works and atlases such as the Geographical Description of Guyana in 1763, the D description of the Antilles in 1758, the Description of the Island of Corsica in 1769, or the Neptune François in 1773. He was a member of the Naval Academy and the Royal Society in London. His most famous atlases are "Hydrographique Francais" in 2 volumes (1756-1765) and "Petit Atlas Francais" in 5 volumes (1763), which was republished in 1765 under the title "Petit Atlas Maritime". He also created the atlas attached to Abbe Prevost's work "Histoire Generale des Voyages (1746-1757)".

Ex libris: Boistel d'Welles armorial ex-libris, wet seal on the title (beginning of the 20th century)

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772), French cartographer and royal hydrographer. Considering that he was the main French maritime cartographer, he produced a large number of nautical charts, especially those relating to the French colonies.

Publisher: Didot Pierre
Place of publication: Paris
Year of publication: 1771
Number of pages: 235
Dimensions: 20.5x26cm
Binding: Hard
Condition: Very good