Antique Map-GUINEA-CAPE PALMAS-LIBERIA-IVORY COAST-GHANA-Bellin-Prevost-1747

Original antique map of the coast of Guinea, from Cape Palmas to Cape Three Points. Nowadays the coast of Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

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

Sheet size: 36.7 x 25.5 cm (14.45 x 10.04 inch). Image size: 28.5 x 20.5 cm. (11.22 x 8.07 inch).

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

AFRICA-GUINEA-CAPE PALMAS-LIBERIA-IVORY COAST-GHANA | 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.