Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Occidental Contenant Partie des Costes d'Europe et d'Afrique, Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1776

Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Occidental Contenant Partie des Costes d'Europe et d'Afrique

Sale price$900.00
SKU: 1840

DESCRIPTION

Old World Auctions:
Large sea chart of the Atlantic Ocean, north of the equator, delineated with rhumb lines. A good portion of each of the continents is shown with major port cities named. The coast of North America is labeled with the colonies and Florida is shown as a mass of islands. Two large, decorative cartouches fill the interior in North America and Africa. This is the fourth updated edition of a map originally produced in 1738 for the Ministre de la Marine.

FULL TITLE

Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Occidental Contenant Partie des Costes d'Europe et d'Afrique depuis le 51e, Degre de Latitude Septentrionale jusqu a l'Equateur et celles de l'Amerique qui leur sont opposees

MAPMAKER/CARTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772

PUBLISHER

Choiseul, Etienne-Fran�ois, duc de, 1719-1785

PUBLICATION

DIMENSIONS (Inches)

34 X 24.25

CONDITION

Very good with some fragility at left-of-center seam or fold. See photo for details.