CARTE REDUITE DES TERRES AUSTRALES BY BELLIN, 1753.

Attractive copper line engraved map produced by Bellin to accompany  Prevost's 'Histoire General des Voyages'. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was probably the most important French cartographer of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the King. The present map comes from a scarcer Dutch edition published in Amsterdam circa 1783.

Measures approx. 200 x 270 mm. Good condition, see photo.

Hand coloured.

A genuine antique map.