Lot #735 - Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703 – 1772) - “Carte Reduite Des Mers…
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:Australian & Historical
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Sale Date:27 Nov 2021 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 680
28 Nov 2021 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 681 - 1332 -
Lot #:735
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Lot Description:Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703 – 1772) - “Carte Reduite Des Mers…
…Comprises Entre L’Asie et L’Amerique Apelées par les Navigateurs Mer Du Sud ouMer Pacifique...” [Paris: Dépôt de la Marine, 1776.], attractively hand-coloured,
55 x 82cm (image), 83 x 112cm (frame). -
Notes:Important chart showing the opening up of the Pacific Ocean and the discoveries of Australasia immediately prior to the great voyages of Bougainville and Cook. Originally issued in 1742, the map depicts a Pacific with California correctly shown as a peninsula, a fairly accurate Far East Asia, and a view of Australasia showing the discoveries of various Dutch explorers, including Janszoon and Tasman. However, the discoveries of the explorers Wallis, Bougainville and James Cook (whose voyages had been completed by this publication date) have yet to be added, so the depiction of the Australian continent is distorted, with imagined dotted coastlines joining Tasmania and New Guinea with the mainland. The west coast of New Zealand emerges unformed from a vast Pacific which is dotted with mostly imaginary islands.
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Estimate:A$1,000 - 1,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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