Carte Reduite Des Costes de France, De Portugal, et D'Espagne sur l'Ocean et sur la Mediterranee. 1771.

A detailed chart of the coastline of south western Europe. Coastal detail only, interiors left blank. Decorative cartouche. Rhumb lines , published by the French Hydrographical Department. This chart was produced by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), France's preeminent 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 1 of Bellin's 'Hydrographie Francoise', one of the most important compilations of Sea Charts published in the 18th Century.