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Map Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. Plan de la Baye de Rio de Janeiro

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Title

  • Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro.

Other Title

  • Plan de la Baye de Rio de Janeiro

Summary

  • 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.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Paris : [publisher not identified], 1764.

Headings

  • -  Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Rio de Janeiro
  • -  1764
  • -  Guanabara Bay (Brazil)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map ; 21 x 32 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

  • 2021668304

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, Cartographer. Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. [Paris: Publisher Not Identified, 1764] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668304/.

APA citation style:

Bellin, J. (1764) Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. [Paris: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668304/.

MLA citation style:

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, Cartographer. Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro. [Paris: Publisher Not Identified, 1764] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668304/>.