Carte Reduite de l'Isle de la Jamaique pour servir aux Vaisseaux Français

by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

$650 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Large detailed map of Jamaica and sea chart of the region from the Hydrographie Françcoise. This detailed map of Jamaica, shown divided into parishes, includes strong topographical details with many coastal toponyms, as well as the coastlines of southern Cuba and western Haiti. Bellin, the official hydrographer to Louis XV, and master of the Dépot des Cartes et Plans de La Marine, had access to the most advanced cartographic resources available to the French

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