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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 / 1757
Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
76325
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12.5 x 9.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77307
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
92431
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
85928
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
11.5 x 7.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
90059
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
12 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
96825
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96890
Place/Date:
Paris / 1757
Size:
13 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97210
Place/Date:
Leipzig / 1758
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
69038
Place/Date:
Paris? / 1758 circa
Size:
11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
95216
Place/Date:
Paris / 1759
Size:
34.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77484
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
7.25 x 9.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75987
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
6.6 x 9.1 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
76415
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
6.75 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77449
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
11.5 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77584
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
9 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77850
Place/Date:
Paris / 1760
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
78235
Place/Date:
Paris / 1763
Size:
11 x 8.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40868
Place/Date:
Paris / 1763
Size:
7 x 9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77003
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+
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58880

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Paris / 1744
Size:
15 x 10 inches
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VG
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Paris / 1744
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10.75 x 7.5 inches
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VG
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27173
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
8.5 x 6.5 inches
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Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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11.25 x 8 inches
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VG
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Paris / 1744
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11 x 8 inches
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VG
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36415
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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11 x 7.5 inches
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VG+
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35298
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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8.5 x 6.5 inches
Condition:
VG
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36475
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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11 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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37410
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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11 x 8 inches
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VG
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37495
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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11.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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36488
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
10.75 x 7.5 inches
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VG
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36713
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 7.75 inches
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VG
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36985
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11.25 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG+
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37195
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
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7 x 9 inches
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41639
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
11 x 8 inches
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42669
Place/Date:
Paris / 1744
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG+
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44525
Place/Date:
Paris / 1745
Size:
11.5 x 8 inches
Condition:
VG
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10888
Place/Date:
Paris / 1745 circa
Size:
16 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
41351