1750 J N Bellin Large Antique World Map on Mercators Projection - 27091 Cooks Voyages Manufactures and Commerce offered an

Manufactures and Commerce offered an award of £100 for the best original surveys on this scale and by the end of the century about thirty counties had been re-surveyed

An incredible insight into mid 18th century Europe

He died in Paris in 1826 as he was drafting the final version of his major work

000 in 1899

1750 J N Bellin Large Antique World Map on Mercators Projection - 27091 Cooks Voyages Manufactures and Commerce offered anTitle : An Essay of a New and Complet Map Containing the Known Part of the Terrestial Globe by N Bellin. MDDCL Date : 1750 Size: 30 1 2in x 22 1 2in (825mm x 570mm) Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Ref: 27091 Description: This large original hand coloured copper plate engraved antique World Map, on Mercators Projection by Jacques Nicolas Bellin was engraved by Jacobus van der Schley in 1750 dated in the title and was published in Dutch English by