Bellin Map – Carte de la Petite Bukharie Central Asia, China, Gobi Desert 1757 This Jacques Nicolas Bellin map of Little Bochara, names the surrounding regions of Western Tartary, Eluths, China and the Gobi Desert. Major rivers, lakes and mountain ranges, are shown. The map shows part of the Great [continue reading]
1777 Nicolas Bellin Map St Lucia, Carte de L’Isle de Sainte Lucie Jacques Nicolas Bellin provided a huge number of maps for L’Abbe Prevost’s ‘Histoire Generale des Voyages’, a 25 volume plus work describing the discoveries, journeys and settlements of seventeenth and early eighteenth century European powers. Many of these [continue reading]