Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra - Sumatra Malacca - Bellin 1753

Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra - Sumatra Malacca - Bellin 1753

Description: Carte de L'Isle de Sumatra Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs, Old antique map of Sumatra and Malacca and the Malaysian peninsula by Bellin 1753.
The map is copper-plate engraved with hand-coloring with a rococo style title cartouche. Publisher Antonine de Prevost.

Title: CARTE DE L'ISLE DE SUMATRA Dressee sur les Journaux des Navigateurs… Issued Paris 1751 by Bellin.

Mapmaker Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772)
Bellin was born in Paris. He was hydrographer of France's hydrographic office, member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London.
Over a 50 year career, he produced a large number of maps of particular interest to the Ministère de la Marine.

Publisher: Antonine de Prevost d' Exile's Histoire generale des voyages.

Engraver: Jakob van der Schley aka Jakob van Schley (26 July 1715 Amsterdam - 12 February 1779 Amsterdam) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver.
He studied under Bernard Picart (1673-1733)

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Size:
Sheet app.:31 x 26 cm. 12.25 x 10.25 inches.
Image app.:28 x 24.5 cm. 11.5 x 9.5 inches.
Condition: Fine map in excellent condition, folds as publishes.