

Bring your auction to collectors worldwide!
Get listed now
Bring your auction to collectors worldwide!
Get listed now
All auctions / Books, Maps & Manuscripts / Jamaica - Jamaica; N. Bellin - Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique - 1751-1760


Dimensions: 20.5 x 31.5 cm. (on sheet: 25 x 37 cm.). Condition: very good Verso: blank. Author: Antoine Francois Prevost Mapmaker: N. Bellin Publisher: Didot. Paris. Note: from "General History of Voyages or New Collection of All Travel Accounts" 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 Engineer of the Navy of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine. 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.
Estimate:$1.13
To the auctionView all items fromCatawikiorBooks, Maps & Manuscripts
Estimate:
$1.13


Bring your auction to collectors worldwide!
Get listed now
Lear (Edward) 'The Owl and The Pussy Cat', published by Incl...
09/25/2026

$277.79
Est: $53.58
Parliamentary Navy 1650-55 a pair of naval documents:1655 (7 March)
09/24/2026
$795.18
Est: $808.89