Cataracte de Niagara antique 1748 print Niagara Falls by Bellin
Title: Cataracte de Niagara.
North America, Niagara Falls old antique print, looking up the St. Lawrence river into Canada.
Hand coloring edition J.V. Schley. mapmaker Nicoloas Bellin.
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 1772) In 1721, at age 18, he was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy. In August 1741, he became the first Ingénieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King. 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. During his reign the Depot published a prodigious number of charts and maps, among which were large folio-format sea-charts of France, the Neptune Francois. He also produced a number of sea-atlases of the world, e.g., the Atlas Maritime and the Hydrographie Francaise. These gained fame, distinction and respect all over Europe and were republished throughout the 18th and even in the succeeding century.
Origin : Antoine-François Prevost's "L`Histoire Generale des Voyages"
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Size: Sheet app.: 13 x 10 inches. 33 x 25 cm. Image app.: 10.5 x 7 inches. 26 x 17.5 cm. Condition: Fine engraving in very good overall condition.
