Bellin: Antique Map of Early Boston, 1757
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Bellin's scarce and very attractive plan of early Boston, encompassing Charlestown and Isle Ronde (East Boston) and showing good shoreline topography and highly detailed street layouts. At left, a letter key identifies 16 important buildings and sites, both religious and civic, including the "Temple d Quaquers" and the "Temple des Anabaptistes." from the atlas of Prevost d'Exiles' influential collection of travel narratives, Histoire Generale des Voyages.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin(1703-1772) was a French cartographer, hydrographer and geographer. Born in Paris, Bellin was a member of the French intellectual group, the philosophes, a member of the Academie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. His career spanned over five decades in which he produced a large number of maps for the Dépot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine.
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b&w; light overall age toning; a few spots in the wide margins and a very light water stain in the bottom right corner of the margin; margins extended with contemporary paper to fit the size of the atlas volume?
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Bellin: Antique Map of Early Boston, 1757
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