1) Carta dell’Isole Filippine [1st sheet]. 2) Carta dell’Isole Filippine di Mr. Bellin Ingegnere della Marine Foglio 1 mo [2nd sheet]

Description

Map of the rare Italian Bellin edition, 8vo, translated from the original French ed. of ‘Histoire Generale des Voyages’, published by Prevost; based on Father Murillo de Velarde’s map, the ‘Queen of all Philippine Maps’. Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French king. Bellin produced a substantial number of important separately issued maps, particularly reflecting continuing discoveries and political events in the Americas.