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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 / 1773
Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
99745
Place/Date:
Paris / 1771 circa
Size:
6.5 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
79224
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
61677
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
6 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
65845
Place/Date:
Paris / 1765
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72036
Place/Date:
Paris / 1765
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74003
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47479
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47729
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
46415
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47318
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
46957
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58822
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58880
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58881
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
58911
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60673
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60739
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
60800
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
61134
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61215
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61321
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61410
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61452

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1863
Size:
18 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0455
Place/Date:
Paris / 1863
Size:
18 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24187
Place/Date:
Paris / 1785 circa
Size:
15.25 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78935
Place/Date:
Paris / 1781
Size:
16 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18732
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1781
Size:
14.5 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
26745
Place/Date:
Venice / 1781
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29163
Place/Date:
Venice / 1781
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29074
Place/Date:
Venice / 1781
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
53807
Place/Date:
Venice / 1781
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
60710
Place/Date:
Venice / 1781
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
89347
Place/Date:
Paris / 1780
Size:
16 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
25880
Place/Date:
Paris / 1780
Size:
16 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29197
Place/Date:
Paris / 1780
Size:
16 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
30650
Place/Date:
London / 1778
Size:
11.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
52251
Place/Date:
Paris / 1772
Size:
32.5 x 21.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77473
Place/Date:
Paris / 1771 circa
Size:
10.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78868
Place/Date:
Paris / 1771 circa
Size:
6.75 x 8.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
79104
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
10 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0819
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1770
Size:
8.5 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12830
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1770
Size:
15 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
40574
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61610
Place/Date:
Amsterdam / 1770
Size:
15 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
101447
Place/Date:
Paris / 1768
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
m0076
Place/Date:
Paris / 1768
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77462
Place/Date:
Paris / 1767
Size:
35 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80023