Lotter’s World Map Jacques Nicolas Bellin black and white (key information

black and white (key information highlighted in pink wash)

the artist may have been on the staff

and includes reference notes on tides

is considered to be his last significant work before his retirement

Lotter’s World Map Jacques Nicolas Bellin black and white (key informationMappa Totius Mundi adornata juxta Observationes dnn. Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum secundum annotationes recentissimas edita per Guillelmum de lIsle Lotters world map, after Guillaume de lIsle, reflects the typical extent of mid eighteenth century European knowledge, with various incomplete and conjectural coastlines, notably the west coast of north America and the eastern coasts of New Zealand and Australia, the latter linked