File:1765 Bonne Map of West Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, and Benin - Geographicus - GulfofGuinee-bellin-1765.jpg

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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin  (1703–1772)  wikidata:Q607846 s:fr:Auteur:Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
 
Alternative names
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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artist QS:P170,Q607846
Title
Carte générale de la coste de Guinée depuis la rivière de Sierra Leona jusqu'au cap de Lopes Gonsalvo pour servir aux vaisseaux du Roy dressée au Dépost des Cartes et Plans de la Marine par ordre de M. Rouillé chr. comte de Jouy & ca. Secrétaire d'Etat ayant le Département de la Marine.
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English: This is a rare and attractive 1765 J. N. Bellin nautical chart or map of West Africa. Depicts the African coast from Sierra Leone south past the Bay of Benin and the Gulf of Guinea to Cape Lopez. This roughly consists of the modern day nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Offers superb costal detail with most major ports, and rivers listed. Depth soundings dot the coast and rumb-lines fill the sea. To the left and right of the decorative central title cartouche there are eight coastal views. Prepared by Jacques Nicholas Bellin for issue in 1765 by the French Dépôt de la Marine.
Date 1765 (dated)
Dimensions height: 21.5 in (54.6 cm); width: 35 in (88.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,21.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,35U218593
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Geographicus link: GulfofGuinee-bellin-1765
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English: This map shows 1750 as creation year.

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