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Map Map of the Bay of Benguela and the Cantonbelle River. Carte de la rade de Benguela et Riviere de Cantonbelle

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Title

  • Map of the Bay of Benguela and the Cantonbelle River.

Other Title

  • Carte de la rade de Benguela et Riviere de Cantonbelle

Summary

  • This map of the Bay of Benguela, on the coast of present-day Angola, is by the French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). Trained as a hydrographer, Bellin was attached to the French Marine Office and specialized in producing maritime maps showing coastlines. In 1764, he published Le Petit Atlas Maritime (Small maritime atlas), a work in five volumes containing 581 maps. Bellin's maps were in the tradition of Sanson and de L'Isle, and placed great emphasis on scientific accuracy rather than on artistic beauty for its own sake.

Names

  • Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Paris? : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1799]

Headings

  • -  Angola--Benguela
  • -  1700
  • -  Coasts
  • -  Rivers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map ; 22 x 35 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668389

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, Creator. Map of the Bay of Benguela and the Cantonbelle River. [Paris?: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799, 1700] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668389/.

APA citation style:

Bellin, J. (1700) Map of the Bay of Benguela and the Cantonbelle River. [Paris?: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668389/.

MLA citation style:

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, Creator. Map of the Bay of Benguela and the Cantonbelle River. [Paris?: Publisher Not Identified, to 1799, 1700] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668389/>.