Title: Carte des variations de la boussole… World. Dépôt de la Marine/Bellin 1765 map Description: Carte des variations de la boussole et des vents généraux que l’on trouve dans les mers les plus fréquentées, dressée au Dépôt des Cartes de la Marine pour le service des vaisseaux français, par ordre de Monsieur de Choiseul, colonel général des Suisses et Grisons, ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine, par le Sr. Bellin, ingénieur de la Marine, censeur royal, de l’Académie de Marine et de la Société Royale de Londres, M.DCC.LXV. [Chart of compass variations and of the general winds found in the most frequented seas, drawn at the Depot of Marine Charts for the service of French ships, by order of Monsieur de Choiseul, Colonel General of the Swiss and Grisons, Minister of War and of the Navy, by Sr. Bellin, Engineer of the Navy, Royal Censor, member of the Academy of Marine and of the Royal Society of London, 1765.]. Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s influential 1765 chart of global magnetic variation and prevailing winds, compiled at the Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine and dedicated to Étienne-François de Choiseul, then Minister of War and of the Navy and Colonel General of the elite Swiss and Grisons regiments serving the French crown. The map is richly embellished with cherubic wind heads, classical personifications of the dominant wind directions and monsoonal systems across the world’s most frequented seas, accompanied by magnetic declination lines and detailed explanatory text. One of Bellin’s most ambitious thematic sheets, it reflects mid-eighteenth-century French efforts to standardise global navigation and stands as a key work of the Dépôt’s scientific cartography. by Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas. Published 1765. Antique 18th French century sea chart. Size 59 x 93 cm | 23.0 x 36.5 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Tags: 1765, Bellin Jacques-Nicolas, Dépôt de la Marine, Londres, Map, Nautical charts, World
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