Original 1760 Bellin Nautical Map GUIANAS Devil's Island Cayenne Suriname Amazon

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Original 1760 Bellin Nautical Map GUIANAS Devil's Island Cayenne Suriname Amazon
Original large-format 1760 map of the northeastern coast of South America by Jacques Nicolas Bellin:
Carte Réduite des Costes de la Guyane Depuis la Riviere d'Orenoque jusqu'au Cap de Nord à l'entrée de la riviere des Amazones.
This well engraved and highly detailed chart of Suriname and the Guianas shows soundings, anchorages, channels, and shoals. The title cartouche has a decorative rococo desgin, surrounded by leaf, flower and scroll motifs.
Topography is drawn in shaded relief, and four large compass roses with radiating rhumb lines give this chart a dramatic and striking appearance.
The coverage area extends from the mouth of the Orinoco to Cabo Norte with the regions noted as being Spanish, Dutch, French and Portuguese possessions. The detail extends to include a good portion of the major rivers with the locations of forts, missions, colonial settlements, and Indian villages.
Among the named features is Île du Diable (Devil's Island), later to become the notorious French penal colony. Inset at the top is a coastal approach view of Cayenne. An inset at the lower left are four other coastal views of the entrance to Cabo Orange and Cayenne, as they would appear to an approaching mariner.
This map is dated 1760 (MDCCLX) in the legend and has the official seal of the Dépôt-géneral de la Marine. The image area measures a generous 56 x 87.5 cm [22" x 34½"].
It is identified as chart 83, from
L'hydrographie françoise : recueil des cartes générales et particulières qui ont éte faites pour le service des vaisseaux du roy,
by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Paris.
Bellin was the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office) and was the Official Hydrographer of the French King.
Condition:
This map is in very good condition, uncolored, with a vertical center fold, as issued, and printed on a heavy laid paper. There are a few faint creases, scattered light spotting, and tidemarks from a water stain in the lower corners. It is printed on a heavy laid paper and is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans, which include a view of the reverse side, and feel free to ask any questions.
This is an
original
, authentic Dépôt-géneral de la Marine map,
not
a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.
It had once been lightly folded, evidently to be more easily stowed aboard a vessel that sailed these waters more than 250 years ago. But it has been stored flat for many years, and we will ship it rolled in a sturdy tube so it will reach you safely. We are pleased
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