Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde. en Cinq Volumes. I. Volume. Amerique Septentrionale et Isles Antilles. II. Volume. Amerique Meridionale. Mexique, Terra-Ferme, Bresil, Perou, Chily. III. Volume. Asia et Afrique. IV. Et V. Volumes. Europe et les Etats Qu'elle contient. Par Ordre de M. Le Duc de Choiseul, Colonel General des Suisses et Grisons Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine. Par le S. Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine 1764
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
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| Form | unmediated; sheet |
| Extent | 1 map ; 582 maps ; 33 x 26 cm. |
| Place | France |
| Place | Paris |
| Publisher | Bellin |
| Publication date | 1764; 1764 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | French |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772. |
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Subjects
| Subject | Atlases > Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Subject | World maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Nautical charts > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Map |
| Genre | Cartographic image |
| Genre | Maps. |
| Genre | World maps. |
| Genre | Early maps. |
| Genre | Nautical charts. |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Bellin was an important maker of charts for the French Depot de la Marine. He was born in Paris in 1703 and educated as an engineer. He produced many important charts and published themindividually and in compilations. The Neptune Francais was published in 1753 and the Hydrographie Francaise in 1756. His largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime with 581 charts (our copy has 582, including the rare "Carte Reduite des Decouvertes des Russe Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique.") that cover the coasts and important port cities of the known world. The Petit Atlas Maritime is probably the best compilation of plans of maritime towns and harbors of its time. Bellin died in Versailles in 1772. According to Tooley, Bellin issued an earlier version of this atlas in 1763 titled Petit Atlas Francois. The Duc de Choiseul provided financial support for the publication of the atlas. J. Arrivet is listed as engraver on the chart index pages and may also have engraved the charts themselves. |
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| Note | Chart Atlas. |
| Note | References: P638 and P3508; National Maritime Museum 211; Tooley Mapping America, p208-209. |
| Local note | Pub list no.: 6903.000. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hf594nd7940 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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