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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was among the most important mapmakers of the eighteenth century. In 1721, at only the age of 18, he was appointed Hydrographer to the French Navy. In August 1741, he became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographic Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King.
During his term as Official Hydrographer, the Dépôt was the one of the most active centers for the production of sea charts and maps in Europe. Their output included a folio-format sea atlas of France, the Neptune Francois. He also produced a number of sea atlases of the world, including the Atlas Maritime and the Hydrographie Francaise. These gained fame and distinction all over Europe and were republished throughout the eighteenth and even in the nineteenth century.
Bellin also produced smaller format maps such as the 1764 Petit Atlas Maritime, containing 580 finely-detailed charts. He also contributed a number of maps for the 15-volume Histoire Generale des Voyages of Antoine François Prévost.
Bellin set a very high standard of workmanship and accuracy, cementing France's leading role in European cartography and geography during this period. Many of his maps were copied by other mapmakers across the continent.
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Paris / 1745
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30.5 x 21 inches
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Paris / 1762
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Paris / 1749
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10 x 10 inches
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Paris / 1757
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1757
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85928
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Paris / 1773
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99745
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Paris / 1757
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10 x 8.5 inches
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77523
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Paris / 1759
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34.5 x 23 inches
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VG
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77484
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Paris / 1764
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6 x 8.5 inches
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VG+
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80660
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Amsterdam / 1750
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Paris / 1770
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22 x 15 inches
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1757
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Paris / 1757
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Paris / 1773
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Paris / 1752
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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13 x 8.5 inches
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Paris / 1750 circa
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12 x 11.5 inches
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Paris / 1744
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1746 circa
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6 x 8.5 inches
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Paris / 1772
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17 x 13 inches
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Paris / 1772
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34 x 13.5 inches
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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11 x 9 inches
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Paris / 1772
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Paris / 1764
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11 x 11 inches
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Paris / 1764
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17 x 8 inches
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91299
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Paris? / 1758 circa
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11 x 8 inches
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95216
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Paris / 1763
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23 x 16 inches
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24705
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Paris / 1758
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13.5 x 8.5 inches
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Paris / 1747
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11 x 6.5 inches
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54744
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1757
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16.5 x 23 inches
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VG
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Paris / 1772
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8.5 x 12.75 inches
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Paris / 1772
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34 x 13 inches
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1763
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1755
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1766
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Paris / 1755
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Paris / 1755
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Nuremberg / 1755
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Paris / 1740
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33 x 21 inches
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Paris / 1752
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Paris / 1755
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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Paris / 1744
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16.75 x 8 inches
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Paris / 1756
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35.5 x 25.5 inches
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35319
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Paris / 1755
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Paris / 1755
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33 x 22 inches
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Paris / 1744
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48953
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Paris / 1744
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17.5 x 11 inches
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Paris / 1764
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12.5 x 8 inches
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VG
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54667
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Paris / 1764
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12.5 x 8 inches
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Paris / 1756
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35.5 x 25.5 inches
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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Paris / 1744
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Paris / 1744
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Paris / 1755
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Paris / 1755
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33 x 22 inches
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VG
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52763
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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Paris / 1766
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Paris / 1753
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11 x 8 inches
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Paris / 1755
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Paris / 1753
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Paris / 1744
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Nuremberg / 1755
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Paris / 1755
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Paris / 1766
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34 x 23 inches
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Paris / 1764
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Paris / 1753
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11 x 8 inches
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Paris / 1753
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37418
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Paris / 1740
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31 x 24 inches
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37822
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Paris / 1753
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11 x 8 inches
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53406
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Paris / 1753
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62410
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Paris / 1753
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11 x 8 inches
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VG
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66950
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Leipzig / 1758
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22 x 15.5 inches
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70136
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Paris / 1764
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13 x 8.5 inches
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Paris / 1744
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22 x 15.5 inches
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VG
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75866
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Nuremberg / 1755
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21 x 17 inches
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VG+
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9069
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Paris / 1758
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34.5 x 22.5 inches
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VG
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54290
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Paris / 1748 (1780 ca)
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27.5 x 20 inches
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VG
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25776
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Paris / 1748 (1780 ca)
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27.5 x 20 inches
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VG
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26233
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Paris / 1757
Size:
33 x 21.5 inches
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VG
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40705
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Paris / 1753
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11 x 8 inches
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VG+
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36995