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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 / 1763
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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77003
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
14 x 9.25 inches
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VG
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77147
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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61321
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
14 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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73180
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13.7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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74038
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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74702
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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74943
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.8 x 8.7 inches (including text)
Condition:
VG
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76197
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
14 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
76311
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
10.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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35996
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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58881
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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61134
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72809
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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73742
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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74971
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
7.25 x 9.25 inches
Condition:
VG
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75987
Place/Date:
Paris / 1771 circa
Size:
6.5 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
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79224
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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80097
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764 circa
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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81690
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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96825
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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97210
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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39485
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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46957
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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75644
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.8 x 8.6 inches (including text)
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VG
Stock#:
76130
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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76484
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
10.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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27837
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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61215
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
12 x 9 inches
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VG
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61677
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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72395
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6 x 8 inches
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VG+
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72662
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
11.7 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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73213
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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78921
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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5.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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73637
Place/Date:
Paris / 1765
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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74003
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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78906

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Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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68671op
Place/Date:
Leipzig / 1753 circa
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11 x 8 inches
Condition:
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91256
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Paris / 1755
Size:
24.5 x 19.5 inches
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Nuremberg / 1755
Size:
21 x 17 inches
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Nuremberg / 1755
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VG
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59408
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Paris / 1767
Size:
35 x 23 inches
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80023
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Nuremberg / 1755
Size:
21 x 17 inches
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VG
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1744
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Paris / 1764
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13 x 9 inches
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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10.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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59229
Place/Date:
Leipzig / 1753 circa
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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91136
Place/Date:
Paris / 1755
Size:
33.75 x 22 inches
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VG
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17593
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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43047