Map of Java - Bellin c. 1750

Map of Java - Bellin c. 1750Carte de lIsle de Java, les Isles de Banca, de Billiton Drawn Published by: Jacques Nicolas Bellin Engraved by: Jacob van der Schley Location: Paris The Hague Year: c. 1750 From: Histoire Gnrale des Voyages by Abb Prvost Condition: Hand coloured copperplate engraving; professionally framed. A Masterpiece of 18th Century French Hydrography This elegant 1750 nautical chart by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the premier hydrographer to the French King, provides

A Franciscan monk and the founder of the world’s first geographical society (Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti)

This 1744 map is a significant production by the Homann Heirs

the map includes countless island names and nautical labels

the administrative heart of North Borneo

and a highly detailed Southeast Asian archipelago

Fauna: Small illustrations of animals

Condition: Large antique 18th-century atlas map on thick paper with original hand-coloured outlines and a decorative title cartouche

The Heart of British Administration: In the top right corner

Valentyn gained unprecedented access to the VOC (Dutch East India Company) archives

Title: The Island of Manaer

Title: West-Australien / Neu-Seeland (New Zealand)

Originally published in Prévost’s influential Histoire Générale des Voyages