Bellin’s Essai Géographique sur les Isles Britanniques Kent Map-sheet C1 from Horwood's magnificent

Map-sheet C1 from Horwood's magnificent 32-sheet survey showing part of Bloomsbury

Shirley 631

by Nicolaus de Valle

95 x 72 cm

Bellin’s Essai Géographique sur les Isles Britanniques Kent Map-sheet C1 from Horwood's magnificentJacques Nicolas Bellin the elder (1703 1772) was first chief hydrographic engineer of the "Dpt des cartes, plans et journaux du Ministre de la Marine," charged by the French king with mapping the coasts of France first and then the rest of the world. He was also a member of the Royal Society of London. His work on the British Isles is divided into three parts: a geographical description of the three kingdoms; a description of the coasts, harbours,