Antique Map-GUINEA-BIGHT OF BENIN-CAPE FORMOSA-NIGERIA-VOLTA-Bellin-Prevost-1747

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‘CARTE DU GOLFE DE BENIN, ET PARTIE DE LA COTE DE GUINEE, DEPUIS LA RIVIERE DE VOLTA JUSQU AU CAP FORMOSA.’

– Original antique map of the Bight of Benin, and part of the coast of Guinea, from the Volta River to Cape Formosa.

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Original antique map of the Bight of Benin, and part of the coast of Guinea, from the Volta River to Cape Formosa.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 37.2 x 26 cm (14.65 x 10.24 inch). Image size: 29.5 x 19.8 cm. (11.61 x 7.8 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Original fold as published. Paper slightly browned. Minor foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AFRICA-GUINEA-BIGHT OF BENIN-CAPE FORMOSA-NIGERIA-VOLTA | RB-A9-09

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in 1747 in Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790.

Biography artist: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was a French hydrographer and geographer. He is considered the greatest 18 th. c. French hydrographer and for 50 years he was associated with the ‘Depot des cartes et Plans’ (Depot de la Marine) as the First hydrographer of the French Royal Navy. His maps were constantly updated with the latest information and their execution magnificent. Bellin’s major works are the ‘Neptune Francois …’, the ‘Petit Atlas Maritime …’ and the ‘Hydrographie Francoise …’ As a member of a French intellectual group called the ‘Philosophes’ and he contributed 994 articles to the ‘Encyclopedie’ by Diderot/d’Alembert. He also contributed to the ‘Histoire Generale des Voyages’ by Prevost.

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Dimensions 26 × 37 × 1 cm

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