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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 / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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81609
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
9.5 x 6.5 inches
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VG
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78901
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12.25 x 9.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
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76508
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
9.25 x 9.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
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76802
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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77307
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
6.75 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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77449
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
11.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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77584
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78235
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
84181
Place/Date:
Paris / 1747
Size:
9 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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91871
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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96890
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
9.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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26701
Place/Date:
Paris / 1763
Size:
11 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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40868
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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47729
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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58822
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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58880
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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58911
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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60673
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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13.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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60739
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
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60800
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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61410
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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61452
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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61890
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757 circa
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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65370
Place/Date:
Paris / 1750
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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65776
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
6 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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65845
Place/Date:
Leipzig / 1758
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69038
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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71482
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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14.5 x 8.7 inches
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VG
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71967
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Paris / 1765
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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72036
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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13 x 8.5 inches
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72211
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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8.5 x 7 inches
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VG+
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72281
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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7 x 8.5 inches
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73272
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 9 inches
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VG+
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73320

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Paris / 1744
Size:
22 x 16 inches
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VG
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17053
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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13 x 9 inches
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36234
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Paris / 1751
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34 x 21.5 inches
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Paris / 1740
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22.5 x 16 inches
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61963
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Paris / 1740
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Paris / 1751
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35 x 22 inches
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Paris / 1764
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73514
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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11 x 7.5 inches
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Paris / 1764
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14 x 9 inches
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Paris / 1772
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VG
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1740
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22 x 16.5 inches
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VG
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36301
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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46303
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Paris / 1764
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13.8 x 8.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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14 x 9 inches
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VG+
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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9.75 x 8 inches
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VG+
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