Lot #502 - BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas - Essay d’une Carte Reduite Contenant les parties connuees Du Globe Terrestre
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial
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Sale Date:26 May 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
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Lot #:502
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Lot Description:BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas - Essay d’une Carte Reduite Contenant les parties connuees Du Globe Terrestre
[Paris, 1778, although dated 1748 in error] 52 x 72cm (plate size); hand coloured copper engraving. -
Notes:This large beautifully hand coloured map on Mercator’s Projection was first engraved in 1748 by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, dated in the title, and was updated to 1770 showing the discoveries by Captain Cook in Australia & New Zealand in 1769-1770. In the Pacific, various Polynesian Island groups are noted though many are slightly or significantly misplaced. Hawaii, as yet undiscovered, is absent.
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Estimate:A$750 - 1,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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