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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:
14 x 9.25 inches
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VG
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77147
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
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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:
9 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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77850
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
11 x 9 inches
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VG+
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77402
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
11.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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77584
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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78235
Place/Date:
Paris / 1771 circa
Size:
6.5 x 7.75 inches
Condition:
VG+
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79224
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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79988
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78921
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80097
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
76325
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
80660
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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81087
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
13 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81381
Place/Date:
Paris / 1755
Size:
22.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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77518
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
9.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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78901
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
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81452
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
12 x 8 inches
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VG
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78906
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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81785
Place/Date:
Paris / 1770
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
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61677
Place/Date:
Paris / 1759
Size:
34.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
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77484
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764 circa
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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81690
Place/Date:
Paris / 1749
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10 x 10 inches
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VG+
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82358
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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84181
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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81609
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
6.5 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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81606
Place/Date:
Paris / 1746 circa
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6 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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85020
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
7 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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81613
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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87767

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Paris / 1764
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10.5 x 7 inches
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8606
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Paris / 1764
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10.5 x 7 inches
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8607
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 8 inches
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8610
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Paris / 1744
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14 x 11.5 inches
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5763
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Paris / 1744
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15 x 10 inches
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VG
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5772
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Paris / 1747
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10.5 x 8.5 inches
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6498
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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8881
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 7.5 inches
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1016
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Paris / 1764
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8779
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Paris / 1757
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12 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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2002
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Paris / 1757
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12 x 9 inches
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VG+
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Paris / 1757
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11 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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Paris / 1757
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11 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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Paris / 1757
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12 x 8.5 inches
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VG
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Paris / 1757
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12 x 8.5 inches
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 7.5 inches
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 7.5 inches
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Paris / 1757
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11.5 x 8 inches
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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10.5 x 7 inches
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VG+
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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VG
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3709
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Paris / 1752
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13.5 x 8 inches
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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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11 x 7.5 inches
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VG
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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9069
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Paris / 1757
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13 x 10 inches
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VG
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Amsterdam / 1757
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10319
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Paris / 1757
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11 x 8 inches
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2318
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Paris / 1757
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VG+
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2323
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Paris / 1757
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11 x 8 inches
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VG+
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2566
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Paris / 1757
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13 x 9.5 inches
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VG+
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2859
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
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10 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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10749
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Paris / 1757
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
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10795
Place/Date:
Paris / 1758
Size:
13 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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10918
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
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11161
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
8.5 x 6 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
11464
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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11555
Place/Date:
Paris / 1764
Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
11606