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How Bellin mapped Indian Ocean

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Author: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Title: Observations sur la construction de la Carte de l'ocean oriental ou mers des Indes, :
pour servir aux vaisseaux du roy. Dressée au Dépôt des cartes, plans & journaux de la Marine; par ordre de M. le comte de Maurepas 1740 (caption title)
Place Published: [Paris]
Publisher:[De l'Imprimerie de Jacques Guerin]
Date Published: [1739 (but 1740]
Description:

35 pp. (4to) 23x18 cm (9x7"), modern marbled boards, morocco spine label. First Edition.

Rare first edition of Bellin's exhaustive account of his map of the Indian Ocean. The work includes lengthy separate analyses of the coasts of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to the Red Sea, Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean, and the coast and isles of Asia from the Red Sea to China. No copies of the original printing are listed in OCLC.
Condition Report: Fine condition.

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Heading:
Author: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Title: Observations sur la construction de la Carte de l'ocean oriental ou mers des Indes, :
pour servir aux vaisseaux du roy. Dressée au Dépôt des cartes, plans & journaux de la Marine; par ordre de M. le comte de Maurepas 1740 (caption title)
Place Published: [Paris]
Publisher:[De l'Imprimerie de Jacques Guerin]
Date Published: [1739 (but 1740]
Description:

35 pp. (4to) 23x18 cm (9x7"), modern marbled boards, morocco spine label. First Edition.

Rare first edition of Bellin's exhaustive account of his map of the Indian Ocean. The work includes lengthy separate analyses of the coasts of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to the Red Sea, Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean, and the coast and isles of Asia from the Red Sea to China. No copies of the original printing are listed in OCLC.
Condition Report: Fine condition.

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