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"Carte de L'Archipel Presentee a Monseignr. le Comte de Maurepas Par le Sr. Grognard Pilote Entretenu au department de Toulon. 1745" Giant folio size map of the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) showing in great detail the East and North Coasts of Greece, the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the West Coast of Turkey and all the islands south to Crete (Kreta) Type of print: Copperplate etching Publisher: Nicolas Bellin

Maps, Greece, Turkey, Aegean Sea, Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, Crete, Bellin

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"Carte de L'Archipel Presentee a Monseignr. le Comte de Maurepas Par le Sr. Grognard Pilote Entretenu au department de Toulon. 1745"

Giant folio size map of the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) showing in great detail the East and North Coasts of Greece, the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the West Coast of Turkey and all the islands south to Crete (Kreta)

Bellin was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group the Philosophes. Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50 year career, he produced a large number of maps of particular interest to the Ministère de la Marine. His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. He died at Versailles.

Type of print: Copperplate etching

Publisher: Nicolas Bellin

Published: Toulon, 1745

Original antique print 

Condition: Near Excellent. There are some thin spots in this very thick laid paper. Watermark. Very clean. Hardly any traces of age and use. RARE! Very desirable and very collectible!

Map size: 76,4 x 53,6 cm (ca. 30 x 21.1")

Sheet size: 88 x 61 cm (ca. 34.6 x 24") 

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