REFINE     Who What Where When     REMOVE Navigation Venezuela WHAT Chart Atlas (9) Chart Map (9) Nautical Charts (9) Oceans; Seas (1) WHERE Colombia (4) Central America (2) Orinoco River (Venezuela … (2) Panama (2) More  WHO Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, … (9) J. Arrivet (8) J.N. Bellin (8) Chez M. Bellin (1) Croisey, Jean-Baptiste (1) More  WHEN 1764 (9) 1765 (1)

REFINE  Browse All : Navigation of Venezuela 1-9 of 9 Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Carte Reduite pour la N... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note From J.F. Letenneur: "Exceptional onboard document of this rare and fabulous maritime atlas, a masterpiece by the greatest French hydrographer of the 18th century, with maps of all the coastlines known at the time. Bound with the coat of arms of the King of France, the atlas was taken by the English aboard the frigate la Nymphe, off the coasts of Ushant August 10, 1780, during one of the naval battles of the American War of Independence which took place on European waters. In the context of the war at the end of the 18th century, and of the rivalry between the French and British Navy, maritime atlases, were strategic tools, and this “Hydrographie Françoise” more so than any other, because its purpose was to provide the best maritime charts for the French ships that were fighting on the American side against the British. (The handwritten captions throughout most of the atlas are prices for individual maps and all include the same mention: “for sailors”). These atlases were not the kind to be kept in a library, but precious tools, based on the observations of the travelers and continuously improved upon, as reflect in the present copy. It was bound with the engraved title page of the edition of 1737-1765, but the index includes maps printed after 1765 (until 1772), and the copy was augmented by six maps that do not appear in the index (until 1776), as well as 14 pages of text from the Versailles edition of 1773. The later maps are signed by Verdun de la Crenne and were done during the campaigns of the Flore (1771-1772) and of the Isis led by Fleurieu in 1768-1769. The captions explain that the maps were created using the latest technology of the day that could measure longitude (maritime clocks)." (Continued in the Pub Note field). Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Carte d'une partie du c... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Two maps on one page. Relief shown by hachures. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Cours De L'Orenoque Dep... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Shows rivers and sellements. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Port De La Guaira A la ... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Shows settlements. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Plan Du Port Cabello : ... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Shows settlements. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Carte des Provinces de ... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Shows settlements. Prime meridian is Paris. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Carte des provinces de ... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Shows settlements, rivers, etc. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian is Paris. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Carte des provinces de ... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows settlements, rivers, etc. Prime meridian is Paris. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas... Carte de I'isthme de Pa... 1764 Chart Atlas   Author Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 Note Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows settlements, rivers, etc. Prime meridian is Paris. 1-9 of 9

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