Cile / Argentina / America Meridionale - Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, southern Patagonia; Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Carte reduite du Detroit de Magellan - 1751-1760

Splendid original geographical and hydrographic map of the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego, engraved on copper in 1753 by the renowned royal hydrographer and cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Strait of Magellan. Bellin, 1753. - Historical Maps.
The work was meticulously compiled using the ship’s logs and accounts of the era’s most famous navigators and explorers. It features a rich, detailed textual legend (“Remarque” and “Renvois”) in the upper center, describing the hydrographic sources and identifying the islands, main bays, and most complex channels of the archipelago.
At the lower left is an elegant compass rose with a fleur-de-lis orientation marker, accompanied by graphic scales in French and English marine leagues. The coastlines and island profiles are highlighted with delicate hand-applied watercolor. The print is in excellent overall condition, printed on sturdy contemporary paper with full, clean margins.

Dimensions: 24 x 39 cm
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