Print Description
This print shows an antique map of the Northern part of the province of Quito, in Equador, South America.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Jacques-Nicolas Bellin .
Medium: Engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 45.5 x 32.3 cm (17.91 x 12.72 inch). Image size: 34.2 x 22.5 cm. (13.46 x 8.86 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Edges brownish. Two minor stains in upper margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NORTH QUITO-EQUADOR-SOUTH AMERICA-MOUNTAINS-FORTIFICATIONS-PROVINCES-INCA-VULCANO | RBOS-A9-34
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by J. Arrivet in 1764.
Reference: P638 and P3508; National Maritime Museum 211; Tooley Mapping America, p208-209.
Biography artist: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 ? 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. He was hydrographer of France’s hydrographic office, member of the Acad?mie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. Over a 50-year career, he produced many maps of particular interest to the Minist?re de la Marine. His maps of Canada and of French territories in North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. .
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