COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Date:
1764
Short Title:
Carte de l'Isle de Ceylan
Publisher:
J.N. Bellin
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
27
Obj Width cm:
20
Scale 1:
1,928,025
Note:
Decorative title cartouche. Relief shown pictorially. Shows settlements, rivers, major buildings, etc. prime meridian is Paris.
Reference:
P638 and P3508; National Maritime Museum 211; Tooley Mapping America, p208-209.
World Area:
Asia
Country:
Sri Lanka
Subject:
Navigation
Subject:
Nautical Charts
Full Title:
Carte de l'Isle de Ceylan.
List No:
6903.246
Page No:
Tom 3. No. 31
Series No:
246
Engraver or Printer:
J. Arrivet
Publication Author:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Pub Date:
1764
Pub Title:
Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil De Cartes et Plans Des Quatre Parties Du Monde. en Cinq Volumes. I. Volume. Amerique Septentrionale et Isles Antilles. II. Volume. Amerique Meridionale. Mexique, Terra-Ferme, Bresil, Perou, Chily. III. Volume. Asia et Afrique. IV. Et V. Volumes. Europe et les Etats Qu'elle contient. Par Ordre de M. Le Duc de Choiseul, Colonel General des Suisses et Grisons Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine. Par le S. Bellin Ingenieur de la Marine 1764.
Pub Reference:
P638 and P3508; National Maritime Museum 211; Tooley Mapping America, p208-209.
Pub Note:
Bellin was an important maker of charts for the French Depot de la Marine. He was born in Paris in 1703 and educated as an engineer. He produced many important charts and published them individually and in compilations. The Neptune Francais was published in 1753 and the Hydrographie Francaise in 1756. His largest and most comprehensive work is the Petit Atlas Maritime with 581 charts (our copy has 582, including the rare "Carte Reduite des Decouvertes des Russe Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique.") that cover the coasts and important port cities of the known world. The Petit Atlas Maritime is probably the best compilation of plans of maritime towns and harbors of its time. Bellin died in Versailles in 1772. According to Tooley, Bellin issued an earlier version of this atlas in 1763 titled Petit Atlas Francois. The Duc de Choiseul provided financial support for the publication of the atlas. J. Arrivet is listed as engraver on the chart index pages and may also have engraved the charts themselves.
Pub List No:
6903.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
582
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
6903246
Authors:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Link To Source
Carte de l'Isle de Ceylan
