File:1760 Bellin Map of the Moluccas ( Maluku , Moluques ) - Geographicus - Moluques-bellin-color.jpg

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English: This beautiful little map of the Moluques (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands or simply Maluku) was produced by the French Cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin in 1760. Depicts the islands of Herij, Ternate, Tidor, Pottebackers, Timor, Machian and Bachian. The Moluccan islands were once part of the Dutch East Indies. Today the Moluccas are part of Indonesia.
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Source https://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/spice-islands/map-moluccas-bellin-1760.jpg
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin  (1703–1772)  wikidata:Q607846 s:fr:Auteur:Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
 
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Jacques Nicolas, Sieur Bellin; Jacques Nicolas Bellin; Nicolas Bellin
Description French cartographer, encyclopédistes, geographer and hydrographer
Date of birth/death 1703 Edit this at Wikidata 21 March 1772 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Versailles
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creator QS:P170,Q607846
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  • No color 1966 × 2735 px
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  • Color 1976 × 2698 px
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