Lot #: 85500
ANTIGUA, - Carte reduite de l'isle d'Antigue ; dressée au Dépost des cartes, plans et journaux de la marine : pour le service des vaisseaux du roy. . . |
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Selling price: $290
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Description
A very rare and large nautical map of the island of Antigua, by Bellin, at Dépost des cartes, plans et journaux de la marine. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. "Echelle de lieues marines de France et d'Angleterre de vingt au degre."
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772): French cartographer and engineer with the Departement de la Marine. Jacques Nicolas Bellin worked for the Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine over fifty years.
In 1741, he was appointed ingenieur hydrographe de la Marine. Later Bellin become 'Hidrographe du Roy' and a member of the Royal Society in London. In 1764 he published Petit Atlas Maritime in five volumes which contained several hundred maps.
Among his other works are maps to l'Abbe Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' (1746-1757). Bellin also produced many accurate and finely engraved separately issued maps.
The Dépôt de la Marine, known more formally as the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine, was the central charting institution of France. The centralization of hydrography in France began in earnest when Jean-Baptiste Colbert became First Minister of France in 1661. Under his watch, the first Royal School of Hydrography began operating, as did the first survey of France’s coasts (1670-1689).
In 1680, Colbert consolidated various collections of charts and memoirs into a single assemblage, forming the core of sources for what would become the Dépôt.
The Dépôt itself began as the central deposit of charts for the French Navy. In 1720, the Navy consolidated its collection with those government materials covering the colonies, creating a single large repository of navigation. By 1737, the Dépôt was creating its own original charts and, from 1750, they participated in scientific expeditions to determine the accurate calculation of longitude.
In 1773, the Dépôt received a monopoly over the composition, production, and distribution of navigational materials, solidifying their place as the main producer of geographic knowledge in France.
Reference: https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/scanned-maps/catalog/44-990128460470203941
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772): French cartographer and engineer with the Departement de la Marine. Jacques Nicolas Bellin worked for the Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine over fifty years.
In 1741, he was appointed ingenieur hydrographe de la Marine. Later Bellin become 'Hidrographe du Roy' and a member of the Royal Society in London. In 1764 he published Petit Atlas Maritime in five volumes which contained several hundred maps.
Among his other works are maps to l'Abbe Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' (1746-1757). Bellin also produced many accurate and finely engraved separately issued maps.
The Dépôt de la Marine, known more formally as the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine, was the central charting institution of France. The centralization of hydrography in France began in earnest when Jean-Baptiste Colbert became First Minister of France in 1661. Under his watch, the first Royal School of Hydrography began operating, as did the first survey of France’s coasts (1670-1689).
In 1680, Colbert consolidated various collections of charts and memoirs into a single assemblage, forming the core of sources for what would become the Dépôt.
The Dépôt itself began as the central deposit of charts for the French Navy. In 1720, the Navy consolidated its collection with those government materials covering the colonies, creating a single large repository of navigation. By 1737, the Dépôt was creating its own original charts and, from 1750, they participated in scientific expeditions to determine the accurate calculation of longitude.
In 1773, the Dépôt received a monopoly over the composition, production, and distribution of navigational materials, solidifying their place as the main producer of geographic knowledge in France.
Reference: https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/scanned-maps/catalog/44-990128460470203941
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