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Title
English: Carte Reduite Des Parties Septentrionales Du Globe, Situées, Entre L'Asie Et L'Amerique Pour server a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Par M. Bellin Ingr. De la Marine 1758
Description
English:

Copper engraving.

Relief shown pictorially.

Printed in center of top in cartouche: "Carte Reduite Des Parties Septentrionales Du Globe, Situées, Entre L'Asie Et L'Amerique Pour server a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Par M. Bellin Ingr. De la Marine 1758."

Printed beneath bottom border on left: "Tome XV."

Printed beneath bottom border on right: "No. 4."

Written in pencil in bottom right corner: "1759. 410."

Depicts the northeast Asia including the Kamschatka Peninsula in Russia and Canada or northern North America with much of the northwestern area of North America left blank and labeled as "Tout ceci est inconnu." Includes notes on exploration and discovery throughout including notes on the alleged exploration of Admiral de Fonte, Juan de Fuca, and Martin d'Aguilar. Also includes notes on land found by the Russians including Alexei Chirikov and land discovered by Juan de Gama. Shows various mythical areas including the Sea of the West and Quivira. Also marks the alleged entrance to the sea, supposedly found by Juan de Fuca in 1692 and Martin d'Aguilar in 1603. Detail is greatest around Hudson's Bay and Labrador. Printed beneath the cartouche is a note stating that it is unknown whether the area between North America and Asia is land or sea. Includes strong rhumb lines from the points in North America and Asia.

Prime Meridian: Paris.

Scale: c.a. 1:25,000,000.

Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72) was the French Royal Hydrographer. Among his works are Charlevoix's "Nouvelle France" (1744), "Hdyrographique Francois" (1756-65), "Petit Atlas Francais" (1763) and Atlas de Corse (1769) (Tooley, 49). Source(s): National Maritime Museum. Online Catalog. Accessed 18 May 2009. Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.

  • Subjects (LCSH): Alaska-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Bering Sea-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Siberia (Russia)-Maps-Early works to 1800.; North Pacific Ocean-Maps-Early works to 1800.
  • Categories: Cartographic Curiosa; Northwest Passage; Exploration and Discovery; Mythical Places; Quivira
Publisher
InfoField
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Digital ID Number
InfoField
MAP084
Condition
InfoField
Browning along edges. Stains from tap over each corner. Pieces torn from right edge and bottom.
Date
Source
English: World and Regional Maps Collection
Creator
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
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q607846
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1772, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
 Geotemporal data
Map location North America
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Publication
L'Abbe Prevost. L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Paris: 1777.
Place of publication Paris
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q219563
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
178
Dimensions height: 21 cm (8.2 in); width: 35 cm (13.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,21U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,35U174728

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