CARTE RENUITE DE L`OCEAN ORIENTAL OU MER DE INDES

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Map maker: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703 - 1772
Date: 1757
Short Title: Carte Renuite de l'OCean Oriental ou Mer de Indes.
Publisher: Chez M. Bellin
Publisher Location: Paris
Map size-Height cm: 55 cm.br.
Map size-Width cm: 87 cm
Paper size-Height cm: 57 cm
Paper size-Width cm: 88.5 cm

Note: Fine map of the Indian Ocean, from Australia and Borneo to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, published in Paris by Nicolas Bellin.

This is the second edition of Bellin's map, significantly revised from the first edition of 1740.

The map has the following significant revisions:

Later hand coloured maps with decorative cartouche added.
The chart extends a bit furtherto the east and west, encompassing the Philippines and some of the west coast of South Africa.
The East Coast of Africa is significantly refined.
The shape of Madagascar has been significantly altered.
The shape of the Gujarat Peninsula isgreatly improved.
The mouth of the Ganges River and Bay of Bengal is significantly revised
The Malaysian Peninsula is much narrower and the coastline reworked
Significant revisions are shown in Australia and far greater coverage.
WesternAustralia is shown, with seven place names, including "Baye des Chiens marins vue par Dampier en 1691" and "Coste veue par Mr. Duquesne en 1687".

This chart was produced by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772), France's preeminent maritime cartographer and the Premier Ingenieur of the Depot de la Marine (the French Hydrographical Office), as well as the Official Hydrographer of the King Louis XV, appearing in volume 2 of Bellin's Bellin's Hydrographie Francoise, one of the most importantcompilations of Sea Charts published in the 18th Century.