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[JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN (1703-72)]
Composite Atlas, Paris: Depot des cartes, plans et journeaux de la marine, [maps dated 1737-42]. 2° (maps vary from 650 x 565mm. to 650 x 915mm.). 8 double-page engraved charts, mostly folding, all with a grey wash around the coastlines, without text. (Last map a little discoloured). Contemporary calf (worn).
The maps, all of which are engraved by order of the Comte de Maurepas, are entitled 'Carte reduite de l'Ocean Oriental ou Mers des Indes', 'Carte reduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amerique' (with the outline of Australia, illustrated), 'Carte reduite de l'Ocean-Meridional compris entre l'Afrique et l'Amérique Méridionale', 'Carte reduite de l'Ocean Occidentale (with the coast of North America and the Caribbean)', 'Carte reduite de la Mer Mediterranée' (3 sheets) & 'Carte reduite de l'Archipel'.
Composite Atlas, Paris: Depot des cartes, plans et journeaux de la marine, [maps dated 1737-42]. 2° (maps vary from 650 x 565mm. to 650 x 915mm.). 8 double-page engraved charts, mostly folding, all with a grey wash around the coastlines, without text. (Last map a little discoloured). Contemporary calf (worn).
The maps, all of which are engraved by order of the Comte de Maurepas, are entitled 'Carte reduite de l'Ocean Oriental ou Mers des Indes', 'Carte reduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amerique' (with the outline of Australia, illustrated), 'Carte reduite de l'Ocean-Meridional compris entre l'Afrique et l'Amérique Méridionale', 'Carte reduite de l'Ocean Occidentale (with the coast of North America and the Caribbean)', 'Carte reduite de la Mer Mediterranée' (3 sheets) & 'Carte reduite de l'Archipel'.
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