Carte réduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amérique appelées par les navigateurs Mer du Sud ou mer Pacifique pour servir aux vaisseaux du roi.

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Map shows the Pacific Ocean and the coasts of North and South America (including the Gulf of Mexico), Japan, the coast of China, the Philippines, the Isle of Borneo, and the partial coast of New Guinea, New Zealand, and New Holland [Australia]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Physical Description

1 map : col. ; 55 x 82 cm.

Creation Information

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772 1776.

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  • Main Title: Carte réduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amérique appelées par les navigateurs Mer du Sud ou mer Pacifique pour servir aux vaisseaux du roi.
  • Parallel Title: Small map of the seas between Asia and America called by navigators the South Sea or Pacific Ocean to serve the king's ships.

Description

Map shows the Pacific Ocean and the coasts of North and South America (including the Gulf of Mexico), Japan, the coast of China, the Philippines, the Isle of Borneo, and the partial coast of New Guinea, New Zealand, and New Holland [Australia]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Physical Description

1 map : col. ; 55 x 82 cm.

Notes

In lower left corner: [logo] "Depot de la Marine." In lower left margin: "Prix. trente sols."

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Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington

Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" grant, this collection showcases maps from the Gulf Coast region and the greater Southwest.

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  • 1776

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  • Nov. 30, 2011, 4:26 p.m.

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  • April 29, 2014, 2:50 p.m.

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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772. Carte réduite des mers comprises entre l'Asie et l'Amérique appelées par les navigateurs Mer du Sud ou mer Pacifique pour servir aux vaisseaux du roi., map, 1776; [Paris]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193450/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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