Striking sea chart of the western coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Cape Lopez. Six coastal views and a huge decorative title cartouche fill the interior. The chart is engraved with minute detail including anchorages, navigational hazards, soundings, forts, settlements, and watering places. Bellin, attached to the Depot de la Marine, became hydrographer to the King and a member of the Royal Society of London. He was commissioned to map all the known coasts of the world, resulting in the maps of this superb atlas.

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Condition: A

A nice impression on a sturdy sheet with an eagle watermark. There are professional repairs to some separations and holes along the centerfold, with a small amount of the rhumb lines and bottom border skillfully replaced in facsimile.