Carte Reduite de CANAL DE MOZAMBIQUE et des Isles de Madagascar de France de Bourbon, de Rodrigues et autres. Dressee au Depost des Cartes et Plans de Marine Pour Servir aux Vaisseau du Roy . . .

A beautiful large sea chart of the Mozambique Channel, published by the French Hydrographical Department.
It includes a detailed treatment of Madagascar and the contiguous coastline of Africa, from Swaziland to Somalia. With two inset maps of Port Secheyles.
This chart was produced by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), France's pre-eminent maritime cartographer and the Premier Ingénieur of the Depot de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office), as well as the Official Hydrographer of the King Louis XV, appearing in volume 2 of Bellin's 'Hydrographie Francoise', one of the most important compilations of Sea Charts published in the 18th Century.