Description
This print shows a very detailled view on the Province of Quito, in Equador, South-America, with the cities, moutains and forests.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 39.8 x 64.5 cm (15.67 x 25.39 inch). Image size: 35 x 58 cm. (13.78 x 22.83 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Folds as published. Right margin irregular cutting. Lower left corner tear restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
QUITO-EQUADOR-SOUTH AMERICA-MOUNTAINS-FORESTS-VULCANO-INCA | RBOS-A9-34
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in 1751, Petersburg.
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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