Plan de Port-Hercule
| Reference: | CO-293 |
| Author | Jacques Nicolas BELLIN |
| Year: | 1764 |
| Zone: | Porto Ercole |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 185 x 235 mm |
€200.00
| Reference: | CO-293 |
| Author | Jacques Nicolas BELLIN |
| Year: | 1764 |
| Zone: | Porto Ercole |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 185 x 235 mm |
€200.00
Description
Tavola tratta da: 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
Carta nautica di piccolo formato, priva di data e firma. Proveniente dal quarto volume de Le Petit Atlas Maritime, un meraviglioso portolano di tutto il mondo di medio-piccolo formato, destinato più all’uso didattico che a quello pratico. Bellin fu un importante produttore di carte per il Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine. Il Neptune Francais fu pubblicato nel 1753 e l’Hydrographie Francaise nel 1756. Il suo lavoro più grande e completo e Le Petit Atlas Maritime, opera in 5 volumi illustrata da 581 carte, che copre le coste e importanti città portuali del mondo conosciuto; si tratta probabilmente della migliore raccolta di piani di città marittime e porti del suo tempo. Secondo Tooley, Bellin pubblico una versione precedente di questo atlante nel 1763 intitolata Petit Atlas Francois. Il Duc de Choiseul fornì il supporto finanziario per la pubblicazione che gli valse la dedica. Etienne Francois de Choiseul (Nancy, 28 giugno 1719 - Castello di Chanteloup, 8 maggio 1785) è stato un diplomatico e politico francese, già ambasciatore a Roma e poi ministro degli esteri nel 1758, durante la Guerra dei Sette anni. J. Arrivet e elencato come incisore nelle pagine dell’indice e dei titoli dell’atlante, e non si esclude che possa anche aver inciso le carte.
Bibliografia
National Maritime Museum, Catalogue of the Library - Vol. Three, Atlas & Cartography, Londra, 1971, pp. 236-238, n. 211; R. Shirley, Maps in the Atlases of the British Library, Londra, 2004, pp. 1071-1072, M.BELL-5a.
Jacques Nicolas BELLIN (1703 - 1772)
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772) was one of the most important cartographers of the 18th century.
With a career spanning some 50 years, Bellin is best understood as transitional mapmaker spanning the gap
between 18th and early 19th century cartographic styles. His long career as Hydrographer and Ingénieur
Hydrographe at the French Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine resulted in hundreds of high quality
nautical charts of practically everywhere in the world. Bellin's work focuses on function and accuracy
tending in the process to be less decorative than the earlier 17th and 18th century cartographic work. In
addition to numerous maps and charts published during his lifetime, many of Bellin's maps were updated
(or not) and published posthumously. He was succeeded as Ingénieur Hydrographe by his student, also a prolific and influential cartographer, Rigobert Bonne.
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Jacques Nicolas BELLIN (1703 - 1772)
|
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772) was one of the most important cartographers of the 18th century.
With a career spanning some 50 years, Bellin is best understood as transitional mapmaker spanning the gap
between 18th and early 19th century cartographic styles. His long career as Hydrographer and Ingénieur
Hydrographe at the French Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine resulted in hundreds of high quality
nautical charts of practically everywhere in the world. Bellin's work focuses on function and accuracy
tending in the process to be less decorative than the earlier 17th and 18th century cartographic work. In
addition to numerous maps and charts published during his lifetime, many of Bellin's maps were updated
(or not) and published posthumously. He was succeeded as Ingénieur Hydrographe by his student, also a prolific and influential cartographer, Rigobert Bonne.
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