Title: Map of the Bay of Rio–Janeiro

Description

• Jacques Bellin (1703-72) was a prolific cartographer attached to the French Marine Office. His sea atlases reflected the careful mapping of bays, seas, and harbors that characterized 18th-century French naval cartography. In 1764, he published Le Petit Atlas Maritime, a work in five volumes, containing 581 maps. This map, from the second volume of the atlas, shows the Bay of Rio de Janeiro and its important natural harbor.

Cartographer

• Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772)

Publication Information

• Paris

Language

• French

Title in Original Language

• Plan de la Baye de Rio de Janeiro

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro

Time

• 1700 CE - 1799 CE

Topic

• History & geography > Geography & travel > Atlases, maps, charts & plans

Additional Subjects

• Guanabara Bay (Brazil)

Type of Item

• Maps

Physical Description

• 1 map ; 21 x 32 centimeters

Institution

• National Library of Brazil

External Resource

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/brrjbn.187