Carte des Isles Canaries: Bellin 1746

Title: Carte des Isles Canaries Author: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Date: 1746 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good - light age toning, tide marks in lower corners, issued center fold Inches: 13 1/8 x 9 5/8 [Paper] Centimeters: 33.34 x 24.45 [Paper] Product ID: 102156 Carte des Isles Canaries. Dressée sur les Journaux des Navigateurs. Par N. Bellin Ingénieur de la Marine 1746. "Map of the Canary Islands. Drawn upon the Journals of Navigators. By Nicolas Bellin Naval Engineer 1746." Map of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa by French hydrographer and geographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), who produced a prodigious body of work over a nearly fifty-year career. Islands include la Isle de Palme (La Palma), Isle de Fer (El Hierro), Isle Gomere (La Gomera), Isle de Tenerife, Isle Canarie (Gran Canaria), Isle Fortavanture (Fuerteventura), and Isle Lancerotte (Lanzarote), among others. La 'Premier Meridien' runs through the Isle de Fer. This,