Haiti - Saint Dominic of Santo Domingo

Map of the Isle de Saint Dominique. Old, antique map of Hispaniola. Two states are established on the island. In the western part Haiti, in the central and eastern part the Dominican Republic. Title cartouche top left. Hand-colored copper engraving, published circa 1758 in Paris in L'Histoire générale des voyages, Antoine François Prévost. Cartographer: Jaques Nicolas Bellin. Made by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703–1772), hydrographer and engineer of the French navy (Ingénieur de la Marine). Originally published around 1758 (often dated between 1750 and 1780) as part of the work L'Histoire générale des voyages by Antoine François Prévost. A detailed sea chart of the island Hispaniola with the French colony Saint-Domingue (western part) and the Spanish part (eastern), recognizable by the hand-colored boundaries, the compass rose and the ornate cartouche in the top left. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703–1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer and member of the French intellectual movement known as the 'philosophes'. He was born in Paris and worked as a hydrographer for the French Hydrographic Office; in addition, he was a member of the Académie de Marine and the Royal Society in London. During his fifty-year career he produced a large number of maps that were of particular importance to the French Ministry of the Navy (Ministère de la Marine). Height 19.5 cm.; width 29.5 cm. Back side blank. Sheet 27 x 37 cm Condition: Excellent See the photos for a good impression; they are part of the description will be sent by registered mail

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