Carte Reduite d'Une Partie Des Costes Occidentales et Meridionales de l'Afrique.

A fine, beautiful colored sea chart of the Southwest Coast of Africa, published by Nicolas Bellin. With three insets showing vies of "Vue du Cap de Bonne Esperance", "Vue du Cap Falso, du Cap des Eguilles et des Terres qui sont entre deux" and "Autre Vue du Cap Falso et du Cap des Equilles".
The map extends from Equatorial Guinea and the Island of Sao Thome in the north to the coast of Angola and Northern Namibia, centered on the area around Luanda in Angola, 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 2 of Bellin's 'Hydrographie Francoise', one of the most important compilations of Sea Charts published in the 18th Century.