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| Title | Carte Reduite Des Parties Septentrionales Du Globe, Situées, Entre L'Asie Et L'Amerique Pour server a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Par M. Bellin Ingr. De la Marine 1758 |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/G4370_1758_B4_Uncat.html |
| Cartographer | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1758 |
| Publisher | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
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| Place of Publication | France--Paris |
| Original Source | L'Abbe Prevost. L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Paris: 1777. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving.
Relief shown pictorially.
Printed in center of top in cartouche:
"Carte Reduite Des Parties Septentrionales Du Globe, Situées, Entre L'Asie Et L'Amerique Pour server a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages Par M. Bellin Ingr. De la Marine 1758."
Printed beneath bottom border on left:
"Tome XV."
Printed beneath bottom border on right:
"No. 4."
Written in pencil in bottom right corner:
"1759. 410."
Depicts the northeast Asia including the Kamschatka Peninsula in Russia and Canada or northern North America with much of the northwestern area of North America left blank and labeled as "Tout ceci est inconnu." Includes notes on exploration and discovery throughout including notes on the alleged exploration of Admiral de Fonte, Juan de Fuca, and Martin d'Aguilar. Also includes notes on land found by the Russians including Alexei Chirikov and land discovered by Juan de Gama. Shows various mythical areas including the Sea of the West and Quivira. Also marks the alleged entrance to the sea, supposedly found by Juan de Fuca in 1692 and Martin d'Aguilar in 1603. Detail is greatest around Hudson's Bay and Labrador. Printed beneath the cartouche is a note stating that it is unknown whether the area between North America and Asia is land or sea. Includes strong rhumb lines from the points in North America and Asia.
Prime Meridian: Paris.
Scale: c.a. 1:25, 000, 000. |
| Contextual Notes | Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72) was the French Royal Hydrographer. Among his works are Charlevoix's "Nouvelle France" (1744), "Hdyrographique Francois" (1756-65), "Petit Atlas Francais" (1763) and Atlas de Corse (1769) (Tooley, 49).
Source(s):
National Maritime Museum. Online Catalog. Accessed 18 May 2009.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
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| Language | French |
| Category | Cartographic Curiosa
Northwest Passage
Exploration and Discovery
Mythical Places
Quivira
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| Location Depicted | North America
Canada
Asia, East
Pacific Ocean
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Alaska-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Bering Sea-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Siberia (Russia)-Maps-Early works to 1800.; North Pacific Ocean-Maps-Early works to 1800. |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP084 |
| Ordering Information | For information about digital reproductions, please email photos@u.washington.edu. Please cite the Digital ID number. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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| Repository Collection | Rare Map Collection. G4370 1758 B4 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 21 x 35 cm. |
| Condition | Browning along edges. Stains from tap over each corner. Pieces torn from right edge and bottom. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| References | National Maritime Museum, G292:2/1. |
