Plan De Bombay Et de Ses Environs

Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Plan De Bombay Et de Ses Environs, Paris: J N Bellin, 1750
8 x 11 in (20 x 27.5 cm)

This finely executed miniature map depicts Bombay, adjoining islands and its environs in the mid-eighteenth century. The decorative cartouche embellishes the map in the lower right quadrant, inside which is included a distance scale in both French and English forms of measurement.

"Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. In 1721, at age 18, he was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy. In August 1741, he became the first Ingenieur de la Marine of the Depot des cartes et plans de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office) and was named Official Hydrographer of the French King." (Source: Wikipedia)

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