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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 / 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 / 1753
Size:
23.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77517
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72521
Place/Date:
Paris / 1737 circa
Size:
20.75 x 23.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80031
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72834
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
87767
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
14 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
74894

Archived

Place/Date:
Paris / 1754 circa
Size:
19 x 26 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
56608
Place/Date:
Paris / 1754
Size:
19 x 26 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
88447
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764 circa
Size:
26 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
52643
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
33 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
4893
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
33 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34645
Place/Date:
Paris / 1755
Size:
35 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
34359
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
33 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54731
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
68447op
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
70068
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80659
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
17.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
17167
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
36349
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
48104