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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was among the most important mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at only the age of 18, he was appointed Hydrographer to the French Navy. In August 1741, he became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographic Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King.

During his term as Official Hydrographer, the Dépôt was the one of the most active centers for the production of sea charts and maps in Europe. Their output included a folio-format sea atlas of France, the Neptune Francois. He also produced a number of sea atlases of the world, including the Atlas Maritime and the Hydrographie Francaise. These gained fame and distinction all over Europe and were republished throughout the eighteenth and even in the nineteenth century.

Bellin also produced smaller format maps such as the 1764 Petit Atlas Maritime, containing 580 finely-detailed charts. He also contributed a number of maps for the 15-volume Histoire Generale des Voyages of Antoine François Prévost.

Bellin set a very high standard of workmanship and accuracy, cementing France's leading role in European cartography and geography during this period. Many of his maps were copied by other mapmakers across the continent.

Place/Date:
Paris / 1737 circa
Size:
20.75 x 23.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80031
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
87767
Place/Date:
Paris / 1746 circa
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
85020
Place/Date:
Paris / 1746
Size:
18 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
97812
Place/Date:
Paris / 1747
Size:
9 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
91871
Place/Date:
Paris / 1749
Size:
10 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
82358
Place/Date:
Paris / 1750
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65776
Place/Date:
Paris / 1752
Size:
11 x 9 inches
Condition:
See Description
Stock#:
99758
Place/Date:
Paris / 1753
Size:
23.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77517
Place/Date:
Paris / 1753
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92429
Place/Date:
Paris / 1755
Size:
22.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77518
Place/Date:
Paris / 1756
Size:
25 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77499
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
9.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
26701
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
10.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
27837
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
10.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
35996
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39485
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757 circa
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
65370

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1740
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
36301
Place/Date:
Paris / 1740
Size:
10 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47210
Place/Date:
Paris / 1740
Size:
10 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60977
Place/Date:
Paris / 1740
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61963
Place/Date:
Paris / 1740
Size:
22.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77521
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
13 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
0331
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
15221
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
14 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
5763
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
15 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
5772
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
6337
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
6398
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
7970
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17053
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
7.75 x 5.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17164
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
17.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17167
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17170
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17175
Place/Date:
/ 1744
Size:
11 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
17176
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
10.75 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17177
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17178
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11.25 x 8.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17218
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
10.5 x 8.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17217
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11.25 x 8.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17216
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11.25 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17215
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
17214
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
10.75 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17300
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
17301
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17302
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
14 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17930
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18316
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
15 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18448
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
18449
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
17.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
18465
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18538
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18539